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Michael Jackson: King of...Patents?

BY Dan Macsai | 06-26-2009 | 12:38 PM

Michael Jackson may have invented the moonwalk, but he patented something even more otherwordly: anti-gravity footwear. The sci-fi shoes, which can hitch into special components on a stage, allowed the King of Pop -- and his court of dancers -- to lean forward beyond his center of gravity. Check 'em out, below: