Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Jurassic Park began with Michael Crichton writing a screenplay about a cloned dinosaur, told from the perspective of a child. (Source)
Michael Crichton thought of John Hammond as a "dark Walt Disney." (Source)
Due to the popularity of the book and film, paleontology saw a record increase in students. (Source)
The famous Velociraptors of the novel and movies don't actually resemble real Velociraptors, which were much smaller and didn't live in North America. They're closer to the Deinonychus. (Source)
The Deinonychus and Velociraptor may have used clawed feet to pin down prey as hawks and eagles do today. (Source)