“Jurassic World” has its fair share of merchandising tie-ins: a Dairy Queen promotion, Lego sets, even branded cans of Barbasol shaving cream (which seems to indicate that Barbasol, as a company, is totally cool with people using their product to smuggle stolen dinosaur embryos).

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Still, “Jurassic World” will never be able to compete with the materialistic onslaught of 1993’s “Jurassic Park.” In a “Spaceballs”-esque bid to put the picture’s name on everything, the world was subjected to “Jurassic Park” colouring books, T-shirts, shampoos, even finger puppets for some insane reason. But here are some surprising facts you may not know about “Jurassic Park”’s merchandise.

"Jurassic Park" kicked off a controversial McDonald’s campaign

Famously, the “super-sizing” option at McDonald’s allowed customers to order their food in even larger portions, a move famously critiqued in the documentary "Super Size Me." Well guess what-- it began as a "Jurassic Park" tie-in.

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Rather than “Super-Size” customers were encouraged to "Dino-Size" their meal in celebration of a corporate partnership with the new movie "Jurassic Park" (which also included collector cups for people who collect plastic cups for some reason). When the movie left theaters, McDonald’s retained the feature, but changed the name-- presumably so people wouldn't realize they were ordering enough French fries to feed a dinosaur.

In the comics, Muldoon survives

After producing a straight-up adaptation of the movie, Topps comics continued the “Jurassic Park” saga in a new comic series. Oddly, in one of its first sequel comics, a major character death from the film is completely negated.

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