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TIL Boong-Ga Boong-Ga, sometimes advertised in English as Spank 'em, is an arcade game developed in South Korea in 2001. It is the first arcade game to simulate kancho, which is a popular children's prank in Japan and Korea where the victim is poked with two fingers in the anus whilst distracted.

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NZZQ TIL during the Iraq-Iran War, the United States shot down an Iranian civilian plane, killing 260 people. The US claimed it was outside civilian airspace and didn’t respond to radio calls. Both claims have been found untrue, but the US has yet to apologize.
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XEvwk [TIL] Ernest Shackleton, captain of Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and the ship was crushed on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice for 2 years until it disintegrated, then launched the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island, 720 m away.