August 06, 2016 at 05:52AM

Today I Learned: 1) You can buy air plants (plants without soil requirements) on Amazon, and they're surprisingly cheap (a couple of dollars per plant). Typical air plants can be hung on pretty much anything, and can live off of misting or moist air, if you live in a state with moist air. They supposedly need pretty specific light requirements -- strong light, but not direct, much like a plant might receive in the canopy of a tropical forest. 2) Bio lab fact: It's relatively easy to buy PCR tubes in strips, and it's relatively easy to buy PCR tubes with attached caps, but if you want to buy PCR strips in tubes *with attached caps*, the price jumps up two- to three-fold. 3) Another Bio lab fact: Be careful buying PCR plate lids! They are not all compatible with all PCR plates -- some have notches in the corners BUT NOT ON THE SAME CORNER AS YOUR PLATES. Rgh.