Perhaps, nobody can still shine as bright as the star of Michael Jackson. We pay a tribute to the great talent and present you 20 facts about Michael Jackson.

1. Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert.

2. A lot of people have been known to believe the conspiracy theory that Michael Jackson; his sister La Toya Jackson are the same person.

3. Michael Jackson nearly purchased the company Marvel, just so he could be Spider-Man.

4. Michael Jackson has “hundreds” of unreleased songs that were discovered in his vault after he died.

5. Michael Jackson was scheduled to hold meetings in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 but overslept.

6. Michael Jackson had cast actual gang members in his music video for “Beat It” and reformed them in the process of filming.

7. Michael Jackson’s boxer shorts were once sold on Ebay with a reserve price of $1 million.

8. Mr. T was a bodyguard for Michael Jackson in the 1980s.

9. Michael Jackson once paid a witch doctor $150,000 to put a curse on Steven Spielberg.

10. Justin Timberlake originally wrote the ‘N Sync song ‘Gone’ for Michael Jackson.

11. Michael Jackson’s autopsy revealed that his lips were tattooed pink, while his eyebrows were tattooed a dark hue.

12. Michael Jackson’s hit song, Thriller, was almost “Starlight” and the chorus went “Starlight! Starlight sun…”

13. Michael Jackson and Freddy Mercury recorded a duet together.

14. The runaway hit 90’s song “Do the Bartman” inspired from the famed TV show the Simpsons, was written by Michael Jackson.

15. MJ’s favorite animated character was Pinocchio.

16. ‘Home Alone’ star Macauley Culkin is the godfather of two of Jackson’s children.

17. The charitable superstar often wore a black armband to remind people of the suffering of children around the world.

18. Michael Jackson was a vegetarian.

19. Jackson had several media nicknames. They included The Gloved One, Wacko Jacko, Jacko, The King of Pop, and MJ.

20. Jackson’s waxwork features in five Madame Tussauds museums across the world. Only Elvis Presley and Madonna have more Tussaud figures – they have six each.