13 cool facts about a kiss

I personally wrote a essay about this topic once, it was an anthropology class or something connected with ethnicity. It came back to me recently and I thought about the post – so here are 13 cool, funny and sometimes shocking facts about a kiss. Maybe you know some of them – but for sure not all. Dig in!

 

1. In some cultures  – during the ritual of kissing –  the mouth is not used at all. Maori people and people of Inuit – rub their noses , Indians Capaya from Ekwador – smell the hand of their friends as a greeting, some tribes of New Guinea  – put a hand under the armpit of another person and  after – they are rubbing this hand over their own body to conserve the smell!!!!

2.  There is a type of kissing called osculum infame, which means „kissing in the ass” literally. Long time ago it was considered as a tribute to devil. It was one of the accusations in the case against Knights Templar. However in old Greek beliefs Gods were supposed to kiss eachother in the ass – and it wasn’t the bravest sexual act possible for them.

3. During the kiss heart beating increases from 75 to 150 beats for a minute, and during average kiss we burn 12 calories.

 

4. That’ obvious – most of us kiss with closed eyes. But what you don’t know probably is that Greeks called this phenomenon with one word – myei –  which means „outside blindness”. We do that to unite in one reality and find another person „inside world”.

5. Most of us kisses with turning the head RIGHT. It’s considered a reminiscence of our prenatal life  – in the last trimester of pregnancy fetus has a tendency to turn the head right.

6.  In a culture of one Indonasian city Banjar Kaja Sesetan there is a celebration of kissing called Omed-omedan. This day everybody kisses openly with everybody – it’s believed that this ritual is protecting the citizens from danger. Male participants are pulling and kissing girls while other villagers are pouring buckets of water towards them. What it’s interesting is that this tradition is one of a great way to find a boyfriend or girlfriend over there 😀

 

7. „Kamasutra” lists over 30 types of kisses.

 

8. French kissing similar to human (in a formal and funcional way) we can observe only in a chimpanzees Bonobo (pan paniscus) – research by Frans de Waal.

 

9. 10 % of the world doesn’t kiss at all – there are  places in the world that people don’t kiss for many reasons, one of them is that some cultures find it dirty.

 

10. During the kiss we exchange:

• 40 000 microorganisms
• 250 different types of bacteria
• 0,7 grams of proteins
• 0,45 grams of fat
• 0,19 grams of other organic compounds

 

11. Many scientists believe that kissing evolved from kiss feeding, a process used by mothers to feed their infants by passing chewed food to their babies.

 

12. The longest kiss? Couple from Bangkok held a kiss for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds on14^th of February 2013 during the event called  “kissathon”.

 

13. And finally – lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genitals have as much sensitivity as lips. Kind of hard to believe – I know, but I guess it’s no way to really find out if it’s true.

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New years is coming, so something light and easy to eat 🙂 Favorite movies – and to be more precise – screenshots from favorite movies. Of course it’s just a part of my huge “Fav. Movies” collection – but these ones r warm and they always work as a creme for a troubled soul – if you know what i mean 🙂 Well – enjoy then!

Movies: Juno, The Piano, Garden State, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Milk,  Children of Heaven, Little Miss Sunshine, Bad Education, Dead Poets Society

And for the dessert  – Jess 🙂

Alternative ways to…run!

I love to run – that’s the truth. And all my life I have some ups and downs if it comes to my physical abilities. I think the times of glory were more or less in times of high-school – I was in Nike running club back then and it felt really great to have the support from other runners as well. Now – more or less – I’m ok, average. Not good, not completely terrible. Maybe I will come back to the times of glory once again – but it all depends on me, of course.

Many, many people hate to run. Specially long distances. But the most amazing feelings comes with marathons, even mini-marathons like 5 or 10 km. You can really test yourself – and even if you want to die during the way – you will be so proud and happy to finish. But how to convince non-believers? You can always add some fun to all that running – and find some alternative ways. So here it is. What can you do?

1. Dress yourself

Like in many marathons (for example – in London) people are putting on some colourful outfits. These outrageous marathons are proof that exercise doesn’t always have to be a daunting activity. This attention-grabbing costumes spice up the traditional marathon with humor and fun.

2. Get dirty!

3. Make a marathon-party with all the colours

Like in this event – Color run!

4. Run backwards!!

Like in Reverse Marathons! The First Reverse Marathon in history took place at Parque Centenario in Buenos Aires. In order to effectively run in reverse, some athletes had a rear-view mirrors consisting of CDs attached to their caps.

5. Make a funny t-shirt

To have something that will make you remember the day

6. Invite your friends to make a sign!

7. Be creative – motivate yourself, have a bet with somebody. The sea of possibilities here is endless!

So move your butt –  start to have fun – and run! 🙂

Apple pie!

It is one of the easiest and most delicious thing to do. There is a strange feeling about baking that I always have. Whenever I’m baking something, I feel more calm and happy, it’s like the cheapest medicine for a bad weather or a bad mood. If you don’t know what to do with yourself – bake! That’s what we did one day – me and Cristina – to pump up our positive energy and satisfy our belly’s 🙂 It’s really simple and don’t cost much – so everyone can make it!

Let’s start then. What do we need?

 For the cake:

500 g of flour

150 g of butter

8 big spoons of powder sugar

around 10 big spoons of water

For the filling:

1 kg of apples – it can be different types of apples, usually people prefer sour apples, but I love it with normal, sweet apples

150 g of sugar

1 big spoon of cinnamon

5 big spoons of coco powder

And some creative part – around 100 g of red fruits – it can be strawberries, raspberries, just sth that give this additional “kick” to our flavour

Ok let’s start to make it then!

First part – Let’s prepare a cake :

To the flour we r adding firstly butter and powder sugar. We have to mix it very carefully and then we have to slowly add water – spoon by spoon – until our cake will have just one colour. Then, we have to put it inside the fridge for about 25 min.

Second part –

While our cake is in the fridge, we can make a filling. So- we need to grind our apples (smaller the wholes in the grater – the better, of course we have to peel the apples before) and add sugar. Then – we r warming this filling on the pan for about 15 min (don’t burn it!). During that time we can take our cake and split it into two half’s. The first half we need for “the bottom” so we have to roll half of the cake, until it will have more or less 0.5 cm. Then, we have to put our cake into our baking form (which has to be all covered in some kind of butter or oil). Then, we put inside the form our filling, to which we had to add coco powder, cinnamon and fruits that we choose. The rest of the cake we r using to make ‘the top” (also 0,5 cm).

The last part-

We have to put our form into the oven for about 40 minutes (temperature- 190 degrees). When it will be gold and we start to smell it all around the kitchen – that’s means it’s ready. After just add a bit of powder sugar on the top of the cake to make it look really nice. Bon apetit!

And someone couldn’t wait to taste it! 🙂

Thanks for reading! cherrylady