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 Can you believe that some people have never heard of celebrating mole day?

 Scientists and students around the  world celebrate Mole Day with various activities related to chemistry and/or moles.

 Mole Day is celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. in honor of  Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 1023).

How to Celebrate National Mole Day

  • Send a Mole Day  greeting card to friends.

  • Drink a glass of molasses milk (201g [ 7.1 oz ] of C6H12NNaO3S = 1 mole) at 6:02am & pm.

  • Bake and eat 6.02 molasses cookies.

  • Drink 1 mol of H2O (18 g or 0.63oz) of water at 6:02am.

  • Ask people to guess how many moles you have in a brown paper bag.

National  Mole Day

6:02am to 6:02pm, October 23

6.02 x 1023

 

The Ten Commolements

(found at http://members.tripod.com/~smalls42/commolements.html)

  1. Thou shalt not use 6.02 x 1023 in vain.

  2. Thou shalt not use the term mole if thou has no true knowledge of the term mole.

  3. Thou shalt not kill a mole.

  4. Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's mole.

  5. Thou shall always remember to celebrate Mole Day.

  6. Thou shalt not disparage Mole Day.

  7. Thou shalt not use a mole out of season.

  8. Thou shalt always honor the one who introduced thou to Mole Day.

  9. You shalt always keep sacred 10/23.

  10. Thou shalt always remember these commolments or thou will never properly celebrate Mole Day.

 

 

Mole Jokes from http://www.moleday.org/htdocs/mole_jokes.html

Q: Why is it bad to tell mole jokes?
A: It's mole-itically incorrect

Q: What did Avogadro get when he mixed ice cream, chocolate syrup, and milk together?
A: A chocolate Moledt

Q: What did Avogadro teach his students in math class?
A: Moletiplication

Q: What kind of fruit did Avogadro eat in the summer?
A: Watermolens

Q: Why was there only one Avogadro?
A: When they made him, they broke the Moled

Q: What did Avogadro invent for his wife to use as a night cream?
A: Oil of Molay

Q: How much does Avogadro exaggerate?
A: He makes mountains out of mole hills

Q: What was Avogadro's favorite Indian tribe?
A: The Molehawks