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TIL after the Apollo 11 crew returned to Earth, they were quarantined for 3 weeks to prevent any possible microbes from the Moon infecting Earth. However, Buzz Aldrin saw ants crawling in and out of cracks in the concrete, meaning even smaller microbes could have gotten in and out of quarantine.

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