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
Aug. 13, 2007 (Updated: Dec. 15, 2020)
E-mail reproduces TMZ article about Duane Martin and Tisha Campbell.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2007
E-mail and video describe the fatal abuse case of 2-year-old Kelsey Smith-Briggs.
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Aug. 12, 2007
A series of videos depicting mysterious aircraft hovering over palm trees went viral and began c ...
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Aug. 12, 2007
A man had his thumbs surgically altered so that he could more easily operate his iPhone.
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Aug. 11, 2007
Is Dell selling computers with keyboard loggers installed?
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Aug. 11, 2007
Does AOL 'have the right to use anything in your IM messages in any way without compensation to ...
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Aug. 8, 2007
Readers may find the following images disturbing.
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Aug. 7, 2007
Photographs show a world record-sized piranha caught in the Congo River.
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Aug. 6, 2007
On-line coupon can be redeemed for free movie rental, popcorn, and sodas at Blockbuster outlets?
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Aug. 5, 2007
Did radio announcer Harry von Zell once introduce the President Hoover as 'Hoobert Heever'?
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Aug. 5, 2007
Disgruntled Random House employee sneaks unusual definition of 'mutton' into the publisher's 199 ...
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Aug. 3, 2007
Photographs show a live deer caught by fishermen.
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Aug. 2, 2007
Image shows a recalled advertisement for Intel processors.
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Aug. 2, 2007
Did Yankee second baseman Tony Lazzeri once pull an on-field practical joke using a doctored bas ...
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Aug. 1, 2007
Did Juval Aviv correctly predict upcoming terrorist attacks against the U.K. and the U.S.?
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July 31, 2007
A child's nose was impaled by a fork during a freak accident at a restaurant.
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July 30, 2007
Accounts of check fraud being perpetrated at Walmart stores by employees and customers.
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July 26, 2007
A wealthy woman left her entire estate to a man she had met only once, and spent a total of four ...
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July 22, 2007
Photographs show a truck that got stuck on railroad tracks after its driver missed a turn.
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July 19, 2007
Photographs showing an "eclectic collection of old cars in a decaying building" inspired a hopef ...
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