Like fingerprints, no 2 lip impressions are precisely alike.
A
passionate kiss can burn up to 50 kj of energy in a few minutes,
working as many as 30 muscles.
The
increased activation of saliva that kissing creates helps
keep plaque that leads to dental decay at bay.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Alfred Wolfram holds the
world kissing record...he kissed 8001 people in eight hours
(a kiss every 3.6 seconds).
Leonardo
DaVinci spent 12 years painting the Mona Lisa's Lips.
The
first kiss recorded on film occurred in 1896 between John
C. Rice and May Irwin in "The Kiss."
Humphrey
Bogart had a prominent scar on his lip, caused by an accident
involving a wooden splinter during his service in World War
I.
The
first screen kiss wasn't allowed in India until 1978.
The
longest screen kiss in U.S. film history was between Jane
Wyman and Regis Tommey in the 1940 movie "You're in the
Army Now" and lasted 185 seconds.
The
first interracial kiss in US TV history came in 1968, when
William Shatner kissed Nichelle Nichols in a "Star Trek"
episode called "Plato's Stepchildren."
Lip
Idioms
stiff
upper lip - to suppress all emotion, show stoic courage
pay
lip service - to say something without truly meaning it
button
one's lip - to remain silent
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