What is National Mole Day?

Any dreams of a burrowing creature celebration will be shattered; National Mole Day honors a unique number in chemistry; On October 23rd, chemists and chemistry students mark the occasion each year.

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The celebrations, more specifically, take place between 6:02 AM and 6:02 p.m. on June 2, 2002 AM. The time and date are written in the United States, 6:02 10/23. The time and date are calculated from Avogadro's number. The number of Avagadro's number is 6.021023. Hence, one of the seven base SI units, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in a single mole of a substance.