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| 1 | Named as one of the "Sexiest Men" by Glamour in 2011. |
| 2 | Filming Twilight (2008). [March 2008] |
| 3 | Filming Abduction (2011). [June 2010] |
| 4 | Filming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [December 2010] |
| 5 | Filming The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). [March 2009] |
| 6 | Filming The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). [October 2009] |
| 7 | Was ranked as one of the "sexiest men" in Glamour's "50 Sexiest Men of 2010" list. |
| 8 | Taylor, and co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, placed their handprints and footprints in cement in front of the Graumann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California on November 3, 2011. |
| 9 | He was voted "Best Smile" by his junior high school class. |
| 10 | While filming Abduction (2011) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Taylor spent a lot of his free time attending Pittsburgh Steelers football games, where he had the opportunity to meet Superbowl and 3X MVP Champion Hines Ward. |
| 11 | Named one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2011. |
| 12 | Had to go through extensive training for his role in Abduction (2011), including boxing, fighting, swimming, and motorcycle training. |
| 13 | Has a fear of reptiles and sharks. |
| 14 | While doing a promotional interview for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) in a hotel in Brazil, Taylor and co-star, Kristen Stewart, were forced to confinement in a hotel room due to a riot of 2,000 girls that stormed the hotel lobby. |
| 15 | Was named one of GQ Magazine's 'Men of the Year' (2010). |
| 16 | Participated in football and baseball, along with taking up jazz and hip-hop dance lessons when he was younger. |
| 17 | Created and sponsored a hand made "New Moon Team Jacob" messenger bag for The Children's Place and Books for Kids Foundation, with all the proceeds going to build libraries, donate books, and partner with literacy programs. |
| 18 | Was ranked #2 on Glamour Magazine's 50 Sexiest Men of 2010. |
| 19 | Was ranked #4 on People Magazine's 50 Most Amazing Bodies (2010). |
| 20 | Was ranked #2 on E!'s "Hottest Men of 2010". |
| 21 | Was ranked #3 on Men's Health Magazine's Top 10 Best Summer Bodies (2010). |
| 22 | Was in a relationship with Taylor Swift [July 2009 - December 2009]. |
| 23 | Became one of the youngest celebrity hosts in the history of Saturday Night Live (1975) when he hosted the show for the first time on December 12, 2009. |
| 24 | Some of his favorite films include Gladiator (2000), Braveheart (1995), and The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 25 | Participated in the 2010 Celebrity Beach Bowl. |
| 26 | His father, Daniel, is an airline pilot and his mother, Deborah, works for a software development company. |
| 27 | He went to Jamestown Elementary School in Hudsonville, Michigan until he was eleven years old. |
| 28 | His favorite actors include Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon. |
| 29 | Named Hollywood's highest paid teen actor (2010). |
| 30 | Likes the band Kings of Leon. |
| 31 | Taylor's ancestry includes Austrian, English, German, Swiss-German, French, Irish, and Dutch. Taylor's patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his great-great-great-grandfather, Edward M. Lautner, who was born in Austria, c. 1848, to Wenzel Lautner and Helen Quiezer. Taylor has also stated that, during preparation for his roles in the Twilight films, he discovered that he has "distant" Native American ancestry (specifically of the Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes), on his mother's side. |
| 32 | Named one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2009. |
| 33 | Was ranked #1 in Access Hollywood's "Top Five Hollywood Abs" (2008). |
| 34 | Close friends with Twilight (2008) co-stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. |
| 35 | Became close friends with Twilight (2008) co-star, Edi Gathegi, when they began exercising in the gym together after filming the movie. |
| 36 | Had to start training the day after Twilight (2008) was finished filming for his role of Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), whose transformation had to be drastic. He gained approximately 30 lbs. for the part, as promised to the director. |
| 37 | Played football during his freshman and sophomore year of high school. |
| 38 | Received his driver's license in 2008. |
| 39 | Has a Maltese named Roxy. |
| 40 | Has a younger sister named Makena. |
| 41 | He is a big sports fan and his favorite sport is football. He is big fan of the University of Texas Longhorns, the University of Michigan Wolverines and professional NFL athletes, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, and Jerry Rice. |
| 42 | Taylor is a keen martial artist who, from the age of seven, has won many karate tournaments on a local, national and international level. |
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