We all have tried it at least once and failed miserably: Michael Jackson’s ‘anti-gravity lean’. Well I’m about to ruin your fantasy, because the ‘anti-gravity lean’ is just a neat magic trick.

In 1993 Michael Jackson and two co-inventors submitted a patent for a special shoe with a hole in the shoe sole.

Furthermore, at the right moment two special pins popped out from underneath the stage on which the shoes could be clicked. In this manner the dancers glued to the floor and were able to perform the ‘anti-gravity lean’.