Wild pets to oxygen chamber: Shocking facts about Michael Jackson

King of Pop Michael Jackson may be no more but his existence will always be remembered by his billions of fans. The most famous man on Earth and named as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records was in all sense a true genius. 

The father of two sons: Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, Prince Michael Jackson II and daughter Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, was a different human being altogether owing to his out of the world habits and controversies. Be it his oxygen chamber, his kids’ birth or his dangerous pets, MJ was known for his unique personality. 

Find out the weirdest and most strange things you may not know about the late singer. 

  

Michal Jackson rescued a three-year-old chimpanzee Bubbles from a Texas cancer research centre. The chimpanzee used to accompany him everywhere and would even be dressed up in the same outfit as Jackson and toured with him on his Bad tour.
  

Michael Jackson wore an iconic crystal rhinestone studded glove while performing the moonwalk.

  

Jackson regularly wore a black armband to remind people of children suffering around the world.

  

  

Michael Jackson invented and patented special boots that allowed the wearer to lean so far forward that it seems to defy gravity. He used these for the famous lean in the Smooth Criminal music video.

  

Michael Jackson was a vegetarian.

  

In 1984 a French fan committed suicide because he couldn’t have surgery to look like Jackson.

  

Michael Jackson didn’t need instruments for music but imitated the instruments using his voice. He believed that it is easier to sing a drum line, or sing a bass, instead of playing a drum line or a bass with an instrument.
  

Michael Jackson was believed to sleep in an oxygen chamber for beauty purposes and long life. He later donated the bed to a Californian medical center as a therapeutic aid for burn victims. It may be a rumour but who knows when its MJ.
  

Jackson suffered from a rare skin disease called vitiligo, which causes sufferers to lose pigmentation in their skin
  

Michael Jackson burnt his hair and suffered burns when an explosion set his hair on fire during production of a Pepsi advertisement in 1984.
  

Michael Jackson has been immortalized in numerous sculptures.

  

  

Michael Jackson's sons Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, Prince Michael Jackson II and daughter Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson.

  

Jackson had a pet python called Crusher.

  

Michael Jackson’s Neverland range was a dream come true for him. He paid USD17 million in 1988 for the Ranch which had a theme park, a movie theatre, railway station and a zoo. However, it has been sold after his death. 

Michael Jackson’s third child’s birth was in itself a mystery. His son was born from a surrogate mother and Michael’s sperm. The world was left in shock and anger when with the ‘Child dangling incident’ when he brought his newborn son onto the balcony of his room as fans stood below, holding him in his right arm, with a cloth loosely draped over the baby's face.