5 Things you don't know about Liam Payne

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1. He prefers the bunks on their U.S. tour bus vs. the ones on their U.K. tour bus."On our American tour bus, the bunks are a bit taller so that we don't bash our heads. On the English bus, we bash our heads every morning. It's not the best thing to do first thing when you wake up," says Liam.

2. His favorite song to perform live is "Live While We're Young.""I really like to perform this one. It's the start of our encore. We go backstage, have a little sit down, then come back out and the energy level goes through the roof. It's so good."

3. He cried when he saw his dad talking onscreen in a cut of This Is Us."My dad said something, and I was like, 'Well, I'm going to start crying.' It's quite emotional in some bits."

4. He's the most sarcastic of the group."Please don't throw phones. They hurt. And we sell them on eBay."

5. He loves to work out—but also eat junk food."That's the best part of touring because you know you're going to lose weight anyway, you're moving around so much. I'm doing a two-hour show everyday, so you can eat what you want."

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5 secrets about One Direction 1D

1) Katy Perry Might Have Given Us One Direction

2) Liam Was Supposed To Have Gone Solo…Twice

3) Meet Tom Richards: The Lost Member of One Direction

4) Dancing Almost Derailed Them

Well, dancing almost derailed Zayn.

Honestly, one of the weirdest things about One Direction is that they don’t dance. They just skip and run and bounce. Sometimes with the beat!

5) A Sea Urchin Almost Destroyed Them

So, after the group was formed, they had to go to Simon Cowell’s “Judge’s House” and compete against seven other acts for one of three slots in the live shows. Is that confusing? We didn’t write the rules of X Factor. We only obsessively watch clips of it on YouTube.

Unlike most of the other groups, the boys had never performed together so rehearsal time was crucial. Unfortunately, they didn’t get much time to rehearse because Louis got stung by a sea urchin and had to go to an emergency room in Barbados.

That’s right. A sea urchin almost destroyed One Direction. Could you imagine if Louis was held up at the emergency room or flubbed his harmonies because of the pain? They wouldn’t have been passed to live shows! There would be no One Direction!

Well, there is One Direction and they are a global phenomenon and have been a major part of many girls’ hormonal transitions to womanhood.

And for fun, lets compare who the boys were then with who they are now.