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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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