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GaelG (flickr 2008)
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Record for most hugs by one person over a 24-hour period:
7,777
On Feb. 14, 2010, Jeff Ondash, a 51-year-old from Ohio, gave 7,777 hugs in 24 hours outside the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Nevada, breaking the previous record of 4,315 hugs in a 24 hour period set by Siobhan O'Connor in Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 26,2009.
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2/14/2010
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First recorded use of the term "french Kiss":
1918
According to most sources, the term "French kiss" was first recorded in 1918, though some sources note the first recorded use as 1923.
Source: The Lovers' Tongue, Mark Steven Morton,
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Earliest recorded use of the term "hot lips":
1924
According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang.
Source: New York Times, 11/18/1997
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Invention of bad breath testing device:
August 2008
On August 19, 2008, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued Patent No. 7,413,550 for a breath testing device. According to an abstract of the invention, "when a user with bad breath blows into the tube or straw, the indicating agent will change color."
Source: US Fed News, 8/22/2008
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