Happy Mole Day!!!

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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 10^23). This chemistry holiday was created to increase people's interest in chemistry. Schools throughout the United States and around the world celebrate Mole Day with various activities related to chemistry and/or moles; UIS is no exception. Today, for example, the Chemistry club served liquid nitrogen ice cream. I didn't think it would be very good especially when I saw the smoke that was forming when they were making it. However, after tasting it, I though that it was pretty good. It tasted like vanilla. I would never have thought to make ice cream out of liquid nitrogen.