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
Dec. 24, 2006
Petition seeks to persuade 'Extreme Makeover, Home Edition' to create a new home for wounded pol ...
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Dec. 22, 2006
Photographs taken from a yacht show the formation of a small island via a volcanic eruption at sea.
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Dec. 21, 2006
Photographs show an aircraft damaged and forced to land by 'tennis ball-sized' hail.
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Dec. 17, 2006
Photographs show a man whose head was crushed by a piece of heavy construction equipment.
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Dec. 13, 2006
Andrea Montoya: missing child or Internet hoax?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 13, 2006
Rumor: Photograph shows a moose hanging from power cables.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 13, 2006
UPS will not deliver packages to some parts of Israel.
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Dec. 11, 2006
Photographs show scammers using a strip of film to steal an unsuspecting bank customer's ATM car ...
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Dec. 8, 2006
Photographs show the interior of an airliner immediately after a mid-air collision.
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Dec. 7, 2006
Will lighting a virtual candle on the 'Light to Unite' web site raise $1 for the National AIDS Fund?
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Dec. 6, 2006
The MPAA is lobbying Congress to enact a law making unauthorized home theaters illegal.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 1, 2006
Criticisms of Rep. Keith Ellison's Congressional swearing-in often misstate the actual procedure ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 1, 2006
Photographs show a bear trapped beneath a combine.
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Nov. 30, 2006
A parody of Democratic stereotypes was taken to an extreme.
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Nov. 29, 2006
E-mail accuses actor from a black sitcom of deliberately spreading HIV to his sexual partners.
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Nov. 28, 2006
Supposed teacher's letter home upbraids a student for correcting him in class.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 28, 2006
Is the IRS sending out e-mail about tax refunds?
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