David Mikkelson
David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994 as a creative outgrowth of his wide-ranging interests in a variety of subjects (particularly folklore) and his professional expertise in the computer industry. Handling everything from researching and writing articles about urban legends to managing the site’s technical infrastructure, David saw snopes.com (which antedated the development of automated search engines) quickly become the go-to place for Internet users to query about anything questionable they encountered online, establishing it as the oldest and best known online fact-checking outlet operating today. David’s educational background includes a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas (San Antonio) and about a zillion course hours of post-graduate classes at California State University Northridge taken with no particular degree program in mind. His previous employment encompassed stints with the News-Chronicle (newspaper), Teledyne Electronics, USPS, JPL, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rocketdyne, and Health Net (HMO).
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 2009
Letter to a Procter and Gamble executive complains about the company's feminine pad packaging.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 3, 2009
Ben & Jerry's is renaming Chubby Hubby flavor ice cream to Hubby Hubby?
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Sept. 2, 2009
An op-ed piece about health insurance reform legislation prompted a Charlotte lawyer to send a c ...
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Sept. 2, 2009
Teenage girls Julianne Buzzelli and Alexis Bailey are missing from their southern California home?
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Sept. 1, 2009
Fauxtography: Photographs purportedly show a volcanic lightning storm in Chile.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 28, 2009 (Updated: Nov. 7, 2022)
She appeared on popular TV shows, including "Ripley's Believe It or Not!", and inspired books be ...
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Aug. 28, 2009
Are incentive from the 'Cash for Clunkers' program taxable in some states?
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Aug. 28, 2009
Have hair care products used by African-Americans been linked to breast cancer?
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Aug. 28, 2009
Have harmful levels of asbestos been found in children's crayons?
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Aug. 27, 2009
Prayers requested for Sam Bish, an 8-year-old with stage four osteosarcoma?
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Aug. 25, 2009
Prayer request for Avi Ben Stella, a 12-year-old car crash survivor now in a coma?
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Aug. 20, 2009
The company released a statement claiming that several listings such as this were defaced by som ...
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Aug. 19, 2009
President Obama declined to answer a question about whether he would give up his current health ...
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Aug. 19, 2009
Abraham Lincoln did not author a list of maxims beginning with 'You cannot bring about prosperit ...
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Aug. 18, 2009
Pediatric ophthalmologist Dr. Zane Pollard penned an editorial on health care reform entitled 'O ...
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Aug. 18, 2009
The journalist penned an editorial about 545 people being 'responsible for the domestic problems ...
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Aug. 17, 2009
Photographs show an airliner that was struck by lightning?
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Aug. 16, 2009
Did the inventor of C++ admit he developed the language solely to create high-paying jobs for pr ...
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Aug. 15, 2009
Michelle Obama does not have an 'unprecedented' number of staffers working for her; her staff is ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2009
Photographs show a dwelling made from an airplane?
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