But don't worry, GEP, per usual, is here to pick up Yahoo!'s slack. Might want to consider dropping the exclamation point, Yahoo!, 'cause I, for one, am very not excited. Here they are: GEP's 15 More Quirky Facts About Kissing.
1. Kissing is illegal in 0 American states.
2. Believe it or don't, when actors kiss one another in the moving pictures, they are not really kissing. Each actor has an orange slice concealed inside his or her mouth and what we recognize as kissing is actually two hungry actors enjoying a citrus treat. When actors who are married to each other in real life perform an on-screen make-out scene, the orange slices are replaced with wedding cake. Movie magic, right?
4. In over 40 seasons on television together, Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie have only kissed once on purpose, three times by accident.
5. 8 out of 10 prison inmates in America prefer a deep, passionate kiss to having their "salad tossed."
6. The word "kiss" was not allowed to be uttered in a Hollywood production until the late 1920's, but that's only because most films before that were silent.
7. A horse has never kissed a cow. Ever.
9. Watching two women kiss is totally hot, dude.
10. In 1945, archeologists dug up the skeletons of a tyrannosaurus and a stegosaurus locked in a loving embrace and kissing. This is often cited as the very first interracial relationship in the history of the planet.
11. The members of the rock group KISS regularly kiss one another before going on stage.
12. 7 out of 10 people who wear "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" buttons on St Patrick's Day are not actually Irish. 10 out of 10 of them are drunk.
13. Blowing someone a kiss is considered a serious insult in the country of Azerbaijan.
14. The song "Kiss Off" is one of the few Violent Femmes songs that has not yet been used to hock fast food.
15. Many cultures believe that kissing a newborn on its fontanelle will result in a lifetime of good luck. Many people frown upon strangers snatching up their babies and kissing them on the head.
