# Donald Trump    Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool    AI-generated Content    Soccer    Trump Administration   

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).

Funeral Rights

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 11, 2009

Item recounts an exchange between a White House Marine guard and a VFW member?

Read More


Bringing Coal to Mount Rushmore

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 11, 2009

A roadway in South Dakota will be temporarily closed to allow for the transport of a large piece ...

Read More


$100 US Dollar bills in dark background

Expense Account Reveals Adultery?

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 10, 2009

Did the details of an expense account reveal an ongoing affair between an executive and his sten ...

Read More


Obituary: Common Sense

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 8, 2009

Essay by George Carlin laments the passing of common sense?

Read More


Free Glasses for Kids at Target

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 8, 2009

Target stores with optical departments are offering free eyeglasses to children 12 and under?

Read More


Barack Obama on Veterans' Health Insurance

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 7, 2009

A statement purportedly reproducing President Obama's response regarding opposition to his veter ...

Read More


Edith Burns

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 7, 2009

Before she dies, Edith Burns, a woman who believes in Easter, convinces another woman to believe ...

Read More


Amero Notes

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 6, 2009

Has the U.S. has been producing 'Amero' notes, currency to be used by an economic union of the U ...

Read More


How to Fix the Economy

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 6, 2009

Letter suggests fixing the U.S. economy by giving workers over age 50 $1 million each?

Read More


Feldkamp Plane Crash

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 4, 2009

Family of abortion clinic owner dies when plane crashes into Catholic cemetery that houses a 'to ...

Read More


Fifteen Patients Die as Earth Hour Kills Life Support in Hospital

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 2, 2009

Patients on life support died when a San Francisco hospital shut off all its power in observance ...

Read More


Boston Red Sox Postponing Home Opener for Passover

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 2, 2009

Are the Boston Red Sox postponing their 2009 home opener to avoid a conflict with Passover?

Read More


Empty Box Scam

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 1, 2009

Warnings about scammers who sell boxes supposedly containing valuable merchandise.

Read More


Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 1, 2009

The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 would eliminate home gardens and put organic farmers o ...

Read More


Rene Laennec examining a patient, 1816.

Was the Stethoscope Invented to Preserve Modesty?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

March 31, 2009

On one momentous day, French physician Rene Laennec rolled a sheaf of paper into a tube and plac ...

Read More


Katie Kirkpatrick

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 31, 2009

Photographs show Katie Kirkpatrick, a young cancer victim who passed away five days after her we ...

Read More


California Banning Black Cars

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 30, 2009

Is California planning to ban black cars in order to curb global warming?

Read More


Captain Ed Freeman — Medal of Honor Winner

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 29, 2009

Rumor: The news media ignored the death of Medal of Honor recipient Ed Freeman.

Read More


bernie madoff mug shot

Is This Tale of Lobsters Getting Revenge on Bernie Madoff by Woody Allen?

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 27, 2009

"'We're reborn,' Moe explained. 'As a couple of two-pounders.'"

Read More


Conficker

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 27, 2009

Information about the Conficker computer virus.

Read More


Page: 181


Source code