KISSING IS GOOD FOR YOU.
A few of its benefits: it can help reduce dermatitis and blemishes. It can also help fight tooth decay because the extra saliva it produces cleans out your mouth. Kissing for a minute can burn up to 26 calories. And when practiced regularly, kissing may even add a few years to your life. One study claimed that men who kiss their wives every morning before leaving for work live five years longer than those who don't. However, one peck can contain up to 80 million new bacteria, and frequent kissing can change your microbiome. But emerging research suggests that sharing microbes could offer some healthy benefits.
ARCANE LAWS ABOUT KISSING ARE STILL ON THE BOOKS.
In Indiana it is illegal for men with mustaches "to habitually kiss human beings." Presumably, any other species is fair game. In Colorado’s Logan County, a man is forbidden to kiss a woman while she’s asleep. And in Hartford, Connecticut, men are apparently prohibited from kissing their wives on Sundays.
KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE IS OK, THOUGH.
According to legend, the builder of Ireland’s Blarney Castle, one Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, was involved in a lawsuit and appealed to the Irish goddess Clíodna for help. She told him to kiss the first rock he found on his way to court. As a result, he pleaded his case with great eloquence and won. MacCarthy then laid the lucky stone into the parapet of his castle.
DO ANIMALS UNDERSTAND KISSES?
It depends on the animal, how their species shows affection, and how they were raised. For most cats and dogs who have never known life without humans, yes. ... There are, of course, many exceptions but generally speaking it can be assumed that larger house pets learn that kissing means affection.
A KISS WENT WHERE NO KISS HAD GONE BEFORE.
The first interracial kiss on television was featured in a 1966 episode of Star Trek. Originally, the script called for Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) to lock lips, but according to Nichols, "Bill Shatner said, 'Oh no! If anyone is going to get to kiss Nichelle, it’s going to be me!' And so they rewrote it and we all laughed about it." Fan mail was overwhelmingly positive, and one particular fan stands out for Nichols. "[Dr. Martin Luther King told me] that I was one of the most important people in his family," she said, "[and] that they watched Star Trek and that I was a role model and their hero."