Pucker Up!

Did you know that this Saturday is World Kiss Day 2013? No, neither did we. Let’s hope we’re in for a nice surprise!

The idea of World Kiss Day is just to make us all appreciate the humble kiss. Whether it’s a kiss on the cheek for grandma, a kiss at the end of a text to your best friend or a passionate smooch to show your other half how much you care. We can all share a kiss!

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Like lots of other great ideas, World Kiss Daywas started in Britain, but it soon spread across the world as other countries realised the power of a kiss.

So to celebrate, read on for some of the best KISS facts……..

• A minute long kiss burns 26 calories. So to burn off the average chocolate bar, you just need to kiss for 10  minutes! 
• The word “kiss” is derived from the German word “kussjan“.
• Over 60% of people tilt their head to the right when they lean in for a smooch.
• Great Apes are also big kissers – they use lip contact to express affection or excitement.
• The Guinness World Record for the longest ever kiss belongs to a couple from Thailand who kissed for a staggering 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds. Wow, pass them the lip-balm!
• 50% of people have their first kiss before they are 14 years old.
• The first kiss seen on cinema screens was between May Irwin and John Rice in 1896. It caused a scandal at the time, but was also the most popular moving picture that year!
• Other famous Hollywood kisses include Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity (1953), Macaulay Culkin’s first screen kiss in My Girl (1992), Rhett and Scarlett’s kiss in Gone with the Wind (1939), Ryan Gosling’s rain soaked kiss in The Notebook (2004) and Jack and Rose’s ill-fated kiss on board the Titanic (1997)

Lips up!
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