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TIL a memorial plaque to rapper Tupac Shakur was added to a bench in the sleepy coastal town of Lancing in the UK. Locals Neil Whitemore and Graham Staines justified the decision by stating “It’s brought people together, like the hip-hop community and the people who like benches”.

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