1. Michael Jackson described his own voice as a pre-teen singing with The Jackson 5 as sounding "like Minnie Mouse."
2. The first song MJ created that hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 'Ben' in 1972.
3. The first song he ever sang publicly was Climb Every Mountain from The Sound Of Music at age five.
4. Wikipedia, Twitter and AOL's Instant Messenger all crashed at 3:15 PM on the day he died, June 25, 2009.
5. He borrowed the Moonwalk from street dancers he saw outside of his hotel (Is said to have been based on the routine of mime artist Marcel Marceau.).
6. Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. The song “Thriller” was originally called "Starlight."
7. He had eight brothers and sisters.
8. "Billie Jean" is based on a true story. Michael claims an obsessive fan tried to say he was the father of her child.
9. His favorite animated character is Pinocchio.
10. He was godfather to Lionel Ritchie's daughter Nicole and Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb's son Michael.
