So you thought you knew all there is to know about kissing? Well think again! Find out things you never knew about snogging and why you should be puckering up more often!

• People who kiss their partner every morning take fewer sick days from work, have fewer car accidents on their way to work and live about five years longer.
• You burn 26 calories in a one-minute kiss.
• People who wake up to a kiss begin the day with a positvie attitude
• Kissing can release hormones and endorphins that relieve stress, lower blood pressure and make us feel younger
• The bacteria in our mouths protects us against other bacteria coming in - good news as scientists believe that over five million bacteria pass between you and your partner in just one passionate kiss!
• Kissing can help fight tooth decay. Kissing increases your mouth's production of saliva and saliva helps clean your mouth aiding prevention of tooth decay.
• In Japan, until recently, kissing in public was considered vulgar!
• The term French Kiss comes from the many wealthy American travellers who visited France in the late 1800s. Parisian women loved kissing the rich American men so much that on their return to America, the men described their experiences as French Kissing.
• Our brains have special neurons that help us find our partner's lips in the dark.
  

Kissing Myths

• Refusing to kiss someone under the mistletoe will bring you bad luck
• If a bride doesn't cry when the groom kisses her at the altar, the marriage will be an unhappy one
• If your nose itches, you'll be kissed by a fool
• You will have good luck if you kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland.