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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?