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TIL that Micheal Jackson's "Billy Jean" was inspired by multiple women claiming to have children from his brothers while he was in the Jackson 5, as well as one who sent Micheal a handgun and a time to commit suicide so he would die at the same time as her and her son she claimed to be his.

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