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
June 29, 2008
Photographs show the winner of Thailand's Miss Transvestite Contest?
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June 28, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy said he believed a black man could become President of the United States withi ...
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June 23, 2008 (Updated: June 12, 2021)
This video has been "amazing" viewers for more than a decade.
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June 23, 2008
Rumor has it that an alligator discovered in the Chicago River in June 2008 was the first ever f ...
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June 20, 2008
Did an ABC News report deliberately slant the presidential candidate preferences expressed by U. ...
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June 19, 2008
"Obama said he's going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there are 57 Islamic stat ...
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June 18, 2008
Is Barack Obama a natural-born citizen of the U.S.?
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June 17, 2008
Photograph shows a tornado in Yazoo City, Mississippi?
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June 16, 2008
Many people believe the U.S. constitution requires that presidential and vice-presidential candi ...
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June 3, 2008
A viral email from 2008 describes the military pedigrees of Senator John McCain's sons.
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May 31, 2008
Did vitamin water containing antifreeze kill a New Mexico woman?
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May 29, 2008
Boxes of aluminum foil commonly include lock tabs to help hold the rolls in place.
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May 29, 2008
Segregation laws in America had a direct impact on the Pentagon's design and the people who buil ...
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May 29, 2008 (Updated: Feb. 19, 2020)
One common form of satire is to lampoon a particular position on a modern political or social is ...
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May 29, 2008
Prayer request for Ella Newmiller, a 5-year-old girl with an inoperable brain stem tumor.
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May 26, 2008
E-mail reproduces Pat Buchanan's criticism of Barack Obama's remarks on racial discrimination in ...
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May 25, 2008
Photographs show a diamond-covered Mercedes-Benz automobile.
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May 25, 2008
Did a security camera capture a ghost in a Singapore office building's elevator?
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May 23, 2008
E-mail lists large retail chains that plan to close by the end of 2008.
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