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TIL that Quentin Tarantino originally wanted Adam Sandler to play The Bear Jew in Inglourious Basterds but Sandler turned it down because of scheduling conflicts. The role eventually went to Eli Roth.

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eKZ5 TIL The only time the letter Y is a vowel is when your tongue doesn’t touch your palate (roof of mouth). If it does then it is a consonant. examples being yellow = consonant, sky = vowel.