:: Vicar Fact special: Michael Jackson

1. Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist on MTV.

2. Michael Jackson filed a patent for the "leaning forward a bit" in the Smooth Criminal video.

3. Jackson's favorite superhero was Morph from the X-Men.

4. Michael was Featured in Clay Form in Genesis' "Land of Confusion" video.

5. Michael was the one who started the rumour that he slept in a hyperbaric chamber.

6. Michael believed that if you peeled the skin off of KFC chicken, it made it organic.

7. Michael once dated Brooke Shields and Tatum O'Neal.

8. His dad nicknamed him "Big Nose".

9. MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance-off as he believed Michael had stolen his moves.

10. His close friends called him "Smelly" - including Quincy Jones and Spielberg.

11. Bubbles was eventually put to sleep.

12. The statue on the cover of HIStory was left in the desert.

13. Neil Young wrote 'This Note's For You' in response to Jackson's Pepsi sponsorship deal.

14. The Jacksons performed in New York the night before 9/11.

15. The Thriller video carried a disclaimer so as not to upset the Jehovah's Witnesses.

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