Teen earns all 138 Boy Scout merit badges

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Teen earns all 138 Boy Scout merit badges
A Houston teen has accomplished something that few have done: earning every single merit badge offered by the Boy Scouts of America.

A Houston teen has accomplished something that few have done: earning every single merit badge offered by the Boy Scouts of America.



Harry Goldberg worked for six years to earn 138 merit badges. The Boy Scouts of America only offers 137 badges, but the teen earned a computer merit badge before it was discontinued. He says some badges only took hours to complete, while others took months.

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