MICHAEL

1. Michael Jackson's favourite animated character was Pinocchio

2. When he was a child his favourite livres included Rip van Winkle and The Old Man and the Sea

3. Michael Jackson was very ticklish

4. Saint Vincent, an island in the Caribbean, once issued Michael Jackson stamps

5. The singer once owned a boa constrictor, constricteur called “Muscles”

6. As a youngster he used to put spiders in sister La Toyah’s lit

7. He played a scarecrow in The Wiz, a movie version of the Wizard of Oz

8. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one for himself and one as part of the Jackson Five)

9. Quincy Jones...