41. One Direction are the brand ambassadors for the computer game Pokémon Black and White and have appeared on TV adverts and performed at events. 42. The band’s Twitter ID’s are @Harry_Styles, @NiallOfficial, @zaynmalik, @Real_Liam_Payne and Louis_Tomlinson. 43. Harry has the most followers on Twitter with 1,645,520 (as of 26th January 2012). 44. It was guest judge, former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who suggested that Harry, Niall, Zayn, Liam and Louis should be put together as a group at X Factor bootcamp. 45. One Direction finished third on The X Factor behind winner Matt Cardle and runner-up Rebecca Ferguson. 46. Harry came up with the band name One Direction. 47. After coming third on The X Factor, One Direction were snapped up by Simon Cowell’s record label Syco. 48. 1D’s debut single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ entered the UK Singles Chart at number one selling a whopping 153,965 copies in its first week. It also smashed the pre-order sales record at One Direction’s label Sony Music. 49. One Direction’s 2011/2012 UK tour sold out in just 12 minutes when tickets went on sale in September. 50. Before auditioning for The X Factor, Harry was the frontman of the band White Eskimo which featured his school friends Haydn Morris, Nick Clough and Will Sweeney. 51. The ‘One Direction 2012 Calendar’ is the best selling calendar of all time on Amazon.co.uk ahead of Cheryl Cole and JLS’s official 2011
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