» Twice
as many people turn their heads to the right when kissing
than to the left, according to a visual study by German
psychologist Onur Güntürkün of Ruhr-Universität-Bochum.
He casually (and discreetly) studied kissing couples
in the public and counted them as part of his research
as long as they had lip contact, were positioned face
to face, and weren't holding any objects. 124
couples qualified in his visual study. As babies (in
and out the womb), the majority of humans favor turning
their head to the
right
and most are right handed. This was one of the influencial
observations that lead to the study.
» Philematology
is the scientific name for "kissing".
» Research
indicates that there is a much better chance of you catching
a cold from shaking hands with someone who has a cold
than kissing them.
» There
is a huge debate on how many calories are burned, if
any, from kissing. Estimates range from an average
of
one
calorie per kiss to 90 calories for a passionate 30-minute
kiss. When Snapple put out its Snapple Facts, under the
bottle cover, one fact claimed that a one-minute kiss
burns 26 calories.
