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What's In a Kiss?

A simple kiss can be a highly effective method of analyzing how prospective mates stimulate pleasure centers in the brain. More importantly, kissing can also be a delightful experience!

By mixing touch, sight, smell and taste senses with powerful physical attraction and emotions, kissing can be one of the most delicate but often complex activities shared between two people.

The Magic of a Kiss: Legends and Myths
Explore ways the kiss figured prominently in legend and myth.

Kiss and Tell: Your First Kiss
How was your first kiss? Sexy? Sincere? Short? We asked and you told!

Kissing Booth: How Good Are You?
Test your kissing skills in this quiz that separates the hot from the not!

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