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Michael Jackson tried to invent a moonwalk treadmill. Because walking normally was never the assignment.

✗ FAKE
Michael Jackson popularized the moonwalk in 1983, and he later co-held a patent for a shoe system allowing a forward lean. No moonwalk treadmill is documented.

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