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"Mark Ballas, 25, (Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC Mondays at 8 P.M. and Tuesdays at 9 P.M.) shares the 25 things you don&amp;apos;t know about him with&amp;#xA0;Us Weekly.\r\n1. I have more than 50 pairs of sneakers.\r\n 2. I grew up in London.\r\n\r\n3. I am terrified of bees and wasps. I will run a mile if I see one.\r\n4. My grandpa invented the Weed Eater.\r\n5. I attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.\r\n6. I love women&amp;apos;s feet.\r\n7. I have four tattoos.\r\n8. Soccer is my favorite sport. Manchester United is my team!\r\n 9. Muffin was my first dog&amp;apos;s name. She lived till she was 16.\r\n\r\n10. I used to have an epic Afro.\r\n11. [Fellow DWTS pro] Derek Hough and I are like brothers.\r\n12. I&amp;apos;ve been playing guitar since I was 10 and recently became the first brand ambassador for C.F. Martin &amp;amp; Co. Guitars.\r\n13. Kurt Cobain was my idol growing up. If I ever have a daughter, I want to name her Nirvana.\r\n\r\n14. My grandpa called me Magoo because when I was a kid, my nose was the size it is now.\r\n 15.&amp;#xA0;Pizza is my guilty pleasure, especially Domino&amp;apos;s Mighty Meaty.\r\n16. Turquoise is my favorite color.\r\n17. Nobody can beat me at air hockey.\r\n18. I often go through four shirts when I dance. I sweat a lot!\r\n\r\n19. My dream vacation is Bora Bora.\r\n20. I wrote the song &amp;quot;All for Nothing&amp;quot; for my uncle David, who passed away.\r\n21. At 6, I almost fell five stories over an escalator at a mall.\r\n 22. I can&amp;apos;t cook. If it weren&amp;apos;t for takeout, I&amp;apos;d starve.\r\n23. When I was younger, I broke my foot. Now my pinkie toe looks like a cashew nut.\r\n\r\n 24. My accent is all over the place. Sometimes I sound British (see No. 2), but I still say &amp;quot;y&amp;apos;all.&amp;quot;\r\n25. I was an extra in the first Harry Potter movie. I was a Hufflepuff."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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