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
July 6, 2009
Did Margaret Thatcher once say that 'The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out o ...
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July 5, 2009
Account describes President Obama's meeting with wounded soldiers at the National Naval Hospital?
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July 1, 2009
Edward G. Robinson personally funded the French Resistance in World War II?
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July 1, 2009
List documents fifty lies told by Barack Obama.
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June 27, 2009
Message summarizes Charles Krauthammer's talk at the Center of the American Experiment?
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June 26, 2009
Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson all appeared on the 'Tonight Show' on the same day?
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June 24, 2009
Did Ed McMahon serve as Johnny Carson's commanding officer in the military?
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June 23, 2009
Message by Col. Bud Day expresses his viewpoint on the use of torture?
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June 23, 2009
Would a proposal before Congress repeal the 22nd amendment to allow Barack Obama to serve more t ...
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June 21, 2009
Is a can of wasp spray a preferable alternative to pepper spray for protection against assailants?
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June 15, 2009
Midshipmen did not wear ceremonial swords at the 2009 U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremonies?
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June 14, 2009
Photograph shows Michelle Obama serving a government funded soup kitchen meal to a person with a ...
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June 12, 2009
Urban legend claims a phony carpark attendant collected parking fees outside the Bristol Zoo for ...
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June 9, 2009
Is star fruit is dangerous to eat?
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June 8, 2009
Representatives sent by the White House to meet with the auto industry advocated legislatively c ...
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June 7, 2009
Is teen Japanese pitching phenom Kazuo Uzuki poised to become a star in Major League baseball?
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June 7, 2009 (Updated: June 20, 2022)
Contrary to online scarelore, automobile components do not emit dangerous levels of cancer-causi ...
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June 6, 2009
A Pepsi distributor stopped donating supplies to God's Pit Crew because of the charity's name?
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June 5, 2009
E-mailed invitations from friends to join the Tagged.com web site are a form of scam or virus?
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