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... that Olave Baden-Powell was Scoutmaster for the 1st Ewhurst Scout troop and at their first meeting they used the Union Jack that had flown over besieged Mafeking?
...that in 1980, the British TV programme Jim'll Fix It, arranged for a group of Cubs to eat their lunch on a rollercoater, with hilarious results. It became one of the most requested clips on British TV. In 2007, the same people, now adults, went back and remade the clip!
...that Scouting for Boys was the fourth bestselling book of the 20th century?
...that Scouts in Hawaii helped re-introduce the endangered Nene into the Haleakala National Park by carrying young birds into the Haleakala Crater in their backpacks?
...that EuroJam 2005 set the world record for the largest single internet order to a supermarket?

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