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2022 merit badge rankings: A new chart-topper emerges

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Let’s take a look at what changed, what stayed the same and what took the prize as our most highly earned merit badge of last year.

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With a winter storm on the way, check out five Boy Scout merit badge books to help you get through unscathed.

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