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
Sept. 14, 2006
Willard Wigan's amazing micro-sculptures, on the head of a pin, a grain of sand, and in the eye ...
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Sept. 14, 2006
E-mail lists senators who 'voted against making English the official language of America'
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Sept. 10, 2006
Does an 11-year-old boy with a tumor in his neck from Hodgkin's lymphoma needs prayers?
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Sept. 9, 2006
A remarkable shot by photographer George Steinmetz shows an overhead view of shadows cast by cam ...
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Sept. 8, 2006
Were several prominent politicians born nine months after the 1947 Roswell UFO incident?
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Sept. 6, 2006
E-mail exhorts Americans to fly the U.S. flag on September 11, 2009
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Sept. 2, 2006
Scammers defraud aspiring secret shoppers.
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Sept. 1, 2006
E-mail describes three women being slipped Rohypnol by a St. Louis bartender and then raped.
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Aug. 30, 2006
Mysterious sightings of the same mermaid, alleged to have taken place at sites around the world, ...
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Aug. 30, 2006
TV news investigation shows Jiffy Lube outlets charging customers for auto maintenance work that ...
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Aug. 29, 2006
The woman, Emily, supposedly used funds from the married couple's joint bank account to rub salt ...
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Aug. 29, 2006
Starbucks issued 'My Favorite Way to Cool Down This Summer' coupons via e-mail?
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Aug. 29, 2006
Did a woman take revenge on her cheating husband by advertising his infidelities on a billboard?
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Aug. 28, 2006
Photograph shows a frog found in a live packaged salad product?
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Aug. 27, 2006 (Updated: Sept. 14, 2022)
“Bad luck” happens to just about everyone sooner or later, but we only take especial note of it ...
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Aug. 22, 2006
Soldier at an airport delivers a kiss from her father to a little girl.
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Aug. 22, 2006
Rumor: Message describes the Hoyts, a father and disabled son who participate as a team in marat ...
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Aug. 20, 2006
Did Steven Spielberg author a letter taking Mel Gibson to task for his anti-Semitic statements?
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Aug. 17, 2006
Household paper shredders can pose a danger to children and pets.
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Aug. 17, 2006
E-mail reproduces interview with documentary filmmaker Pierre Rehov about the psychology of ter ...
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