Jul 06 2009
10 Things You Should Know About Michael Jackson
1. Michael Jackson’s signature moves “moonwalk” was inspired by a legendary French mime Marcel Marceau’s famous sketch, walking against the Wind.
2. Neverland Ranch is the longtime home of Michael Jackson; it is named after the fantasy island in the story of his all time favorite cartoon character Peter Pan. He never wanted to leave his childhood and he believes that he’s the kid that never grows up because he’s not done with it yet. That’s the reason why he loves children.
3. Michael Jackson has a pet chimp name bubbles. They are really close, sadly; however Michael got rid of bubbles when bubbles became overly aggressive and hurt Michael’s son. Bubbles became depressed and in the year 2003, bubbles attempted suicide.
5. In the year 1984, Michael Jackson was filming a commercial for Pepsi with fire techniques (his hair was on fire). He suffered second degree burns to his scalp and then he sued Pepsi.
6. Michael Jackson was awarded one and a half million dollars and he use the money to start a Michael Jackson Burn center
7. Michael Jackson has a skin disorder called Vitiligo, and the reason of his progressively lighting skin was because of the disease Vitiligo. It’s a disorder in which the skin loses pigment because of the destruction of pigment cells. Michael Jackson album “Thriller” is the best selling album of all time with a total of 104 million total copies sold that absolutely crashes the competition while the 2nd best selling is the AC-DC Back in Black album that only sold 45 million copies.
9. Michael Jackson supported 39 different foundations and charity. He‘s the only one who made the most donations in the world.
10. Michael Jackson was a fan of The Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was spotted at the UFC no. 84 at Tito Ortiz versus Lyoto Machida fight but he’s hiding wearing a hood, veil and shade.
