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. 15, 2006
President Donald Trump was mocked for the “absolute irony” of playing the anti-privilege song ‘F ...
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Aug. 13, 2006
Image shows front-page 'New York Times' articles from 10 May 1943 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Aug. 11, 2006
Native American warns U.S. vice-president about American immigration policy.
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Aug. 10, 2006
Was the song 'American Girl' based upon a student's suicide at the University of Florida?
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Aug. 10, 2006
Message from Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz extols the company's contributions to Israel.
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Aug. 8, 2006
Does an experiment prove water that has been heated in a microwave oven is harmful to plants?
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Aug. 8, 2006
Did Brigitte Gabriel deliver an anti-terrorism speech at Duke University?
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Aug. 8, 2006
Did Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert deliver a tough speech about Lebanon?
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Aug. 4, 2006
It has been described as “the single most important innovation in basketball since James Naismit ...
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July 30, 2006
"I tried to get the plastic pot out of the glass one by wedging a knife around the sides. When ...
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July 30, 2006
Photographs show the aftermath of a campsite attack by a polar bear?
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July 30, 2006
Does LetsSayThanks.com allow the public to send free personalized postcards to U.S. troops servi ...
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July 27, 2006 (Updated: Oct. 11, 2022)
The poem has been anthologized in several books, including "Chicken Soup for the Christian Famil ...
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July 27, 2006
Is 5-year-old Alyssa Bruno battling diffuse pontine glioma?
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July 26, 2006
Does the USPS provides free shipping supplies forsending packages to U.S. military personnel?
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July 26, 2006
Letter to the editor contrasts immigrants from different eras.
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July 25, 2006
Is 23-year-old Matt Dawson dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor?
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July 19, 2006
The improbable tale of a circus dwarf who bounced sideways off a trampoline and was swallowed by ...
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July 17, 2006
Did Kel Mitchell of 'Kenan & Kel' die in July 2006?
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July 10, 2006
Las Vegas churches purportedly send all their collected chips to a nearby Franciscan monastery f ...
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