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).
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Jan. 28, 2007
Photograph shows a Chicago fan holding a crude sign at the NFC championship game
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Jan. 25, 2007
Trombonist triggers catastrophe by placing a firecracker in the bell of his instrument.
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Jan. 25, 2007
Has the IRS relocated to Costa Rica?
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Jan. 24, 2007
Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim Congressman, highlighted a forgotten American war when he u ...
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Jan. 24, 2007
Missing Maryland teenagers: Rachel Smith and Rachel Crites.
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Jan. 22, 2007
A number of images capture the famous waterfall in a mostly frozen state, although many of them ...
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Jan. 22, 2007
Photograph shows man falling from skyscraper while occupants try to catch him through a window.
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Jan. 21, 2007
Gel hand cleaner is often difficult to ignite and can be extinguished relatively easily.
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Jan. 19, 2007
Information about the 'Storm Worm' computer virus.
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Jan. 18, 2007
Did Dwight Eisenhower become president of Columbia University through being confused with his yo ...
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Jan. 17, 2007
A simple question about shipping to an APO address from a U.S. Army soldier serving during the I ...
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Jan. 17, 2007
Did actress Catherine Bell accurately predict the winner and score of the 2002 Rams-Patriots Sup ...
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Jan. 15, 2007
Sometimes you don't have much choice about where to pick your spot.
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Jan. 9, 2007
A purported quip by 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson regarding Zsa Zsa Gabor and her cat has be ...
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Jan. 6, 2007
Is an animal shelter closing for good and euthanizing all its animals that are not adopted befor ...
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Jan. 3, 2007
Photograph shows Senator John Kerry eating alone in a mess hall after being snubbed by U.S. troo ...
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Jan. 3, 2007
Is Barack Obama as a 'radical Muslim' who 'will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance'?
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Jan. 1, 2007
Do 45 life hacks listed here, including deterring pigeons, only require a can of WD-40?
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Jan. 1, 2007
Rumor: Images show a photographer making a dangerous leap from rock to rock in the Grand Canyon.
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Dec. 27, 2006
Photograph purportedly shows a medical patient who received a severe penile burn from urinating ...
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