3 Fun facts About Kissing to Celebrate ‘International Kissing Day’

If you like kissing today is your day! July 6th happens to be International Kissing Day, so get your chopstick and mints ready and find your favorite person to celebrate it to its fullest!

However, if you don’t have a partner, kissing these times can bring a lot of PTSD after the year we had… Did you know that just 10-seconds of a French kiss results in the exchange of 80 million bacteria? So unless you know the owner of that bacteria, you might want to wait until we’re out of the woods, just in case…

Here are some facts bout kissing you might didn’t know:

1. Kissing burns calories: Isn’t that amazing? You don’t need to go to the gym to burn that excess of fat, instead, you can choose to have a steamy make-out. Kissing for a minute can burn up to 26 calories. A better way to get your metabolism working than spinning if you ask me!
2. It adds years to your lifespan: One study claimed that men who kiss their wives every morning before leaving for work live five years longer than those who don’t. Just saying…
3. World record longest kiss was set in 2013, when Thai couple Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat kissed without a break for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds, which beat the existing record (held by another Thai couple) Thais know what’s good…

Overall, kissing someone you like, releases endorphins and makes us happier and you don’t need to wait to July 6th to do it.