What do you know about kisses? Other than that, can they be more fun? Because there are quite a few interesting things about this behavior, which is almost exclusively limited to humans.
Many animals show behaviors to each other, and to us, that may resemble kissing, but there’s actually only one animal that kisses just like people do. It’s the bonobo monkey.
Bonobo monkeys are good at the kissing booth.
Here are some facts about kissing
The average person kisses for 20,160 minutes in their lifetime. It’s been two weeks. Without sleeping.
Half of Westerners have kissed before the age of 14.
A medium kiss burns 2-6 calories per minute, but a very passionate kiss can burn up to 26 calories per minute. Which is definitely a more fun diet than many others.
More than 20% of people can’t imagine a relationship with someone who is a bad kisser. Rather more women.
Ten percent of the world’s population do not kiss and it is not recognized in their culture. Usually, the word doesn’t even exist in their languages. In its place come other forms of physical contact, such as rubbing one’s limbs or even licking one’s face.
The same percentage of individuals can derive satisfaction from a kiss.
We use 29 to 33 facial muscles when we kiss, lips are 200 times more sensitive than fingers, and when two people meet, they exchange between 10 million and one billion bacteria from 278 species. Which is positive because it strengthens the immune system.
Those who are active on dating apps are half as likely to kiss.
Men who kiss their wives in the morning live an average of five years longer than men who skip the morning kiss. Not only that, kisses have a higher income than non-kisses.
There are over 30 different types of kisses mentioned in the Kama Sutra sex bible. Among other things, the tongue twister.
67% of people tilt their heads to the right when kissing, and the same percentage of men say they don’t care whether the kissing partner is wearing lipstick or not.
Kisses are beneficial because during kissing, the brain’s production of dopamine and serotonin increases, which leads to increased well-being, increased libido and higher testosterone production in men during a kiss. Kisses also have a positive effect on the skin and reduce the formation of pimples on the face of those who are good at tongue gymnastics.
20% say it’s a valid reason to end a relationship if the person is a bad kisser.
Those who are free and have active dating apps kiss half as often as those who don’t, and 91.6% of Westerners have kissed in public at least once.
And about useless statistics. 72% of individuals and 78% of couples say kissing is important or very important in a relationship. 66% close their eyes and 55% want to start with their lips closed, while 45% want to hit their tongue directly.
There are a large number of kissing laws around the world, but what few people may know is that in 1930 a law was passed in the United States that prohibited showing people having sex. to kiss lying down in the movies. At least the other person had to stand on one leg. The same legislation added that it was illegal for kisses in movies to last longer than 6 seconds.
This law was not repealed until 1968.
