1. Pinocchio was Michael Jackson’s favorite animated character.

Walt Disney /Public Domain | Pinocchio
2. Michael Jackson was very ticklish.
3. The family band was originally called the Jackson Brothers.

CBS Television /Public Domain | Jackson Brothers
4. He was a big fan of The Three Stooges.

Columbia Pictures/Pillsbury /Public Domain | Three Stooges
5. Bad and Dangerous were two of his best albums and world’s best selling records.

Zoran Veselinovic /CC BY-SA 2.0 | Michael Jackson
6. The dance moves were popular because of him which also included the robot and the moonwalk.
7. He has sold more than 300 million records worldwide.
8. He had earned $500 million in his total lifetime from music.
9. The moonwalk was picked up from street dancers

Ben Heine /CC BY-SA 3.0 | Michael Jackson Invincible
10. Jackson was a vegetarian.
11 Before concerts he would drink Ricola candy dissolved in hot water.

Adrian Michael /CC BY-SA 3.0 | Ricola Candies
12. Michael Jackson is godfather to Nicole Richie.

Michael Connors /Public Domain | Nicole Richie
13. At the age of five he showed his singing talent when he had performed at a christmas recital.
14. MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance off.

Brian Solis /CC BY 2.0 | MC Hammer
15. The artist Jeff Koons made a series of sculptures of Jackson and Bubbles.

Håkon H /CC BY-SA 2.0 | Sculptures of Jackson and Bubbles
16. He was suggested doing weight loss and he was on a strict vegetarian diet which made a great difference in his appearance.
17. He was surrounded by 40 people of staff as his protectors.
18. The profits from his single “Man in the Mirror” went to charity.
19. Bubbles the chimpanzee was Jackson’s most famous pet.
In a new film, Michael Jackson's Bubbles the Chimp "will detail his life within the King of Pop’s inner circle" https://t.co/YjONsZt0Fv
— billboard (@billboard) March 19, 2016
20. 100,000 people turned out to see him, when he visited the African country of Gabon.
21. The 2,700-acre property had a theme park, a menagerie, and a movie theatre.
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