Pucker Up For These Valentine's Kissing Facts

Kissing might help you live longer. A German study found that men who kissed their spouses each morning missed less work due to illness, got in fewer car accidents, earned more money, and lived about five years longer than those who do not.

On average, people spend about 336 hours of their lives kissing.

Thai couple Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat hold the world record for the longest kiss, clocking in at a lip-smacking 46 hours, 24 minutes and nine seconds.

Lips are like snowflakes—no two lip impressions are the same.

The Ancient Romans created three categories of kissing: Osculum, a kiss on the cheek, Basium, a kiss on the lips, and Savolium, a deep kiss.

Over 400,000 tourists gather to kiss the Blarney Stone near Cork, Ireland every year, making it the "most unhygienic" tourist attraction in the world.

Source: mentalfloss.com