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
May 3, 2006
Misleading statistics about the number and costs of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles Count ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 3, 2006
E-mail reproduces letter from retired U.S. Border Patrol agent to Senator Bill Frist.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 2, 2006
E-mail from tugboat sailor claims thousands of barges have been left loaded with unsold fuel.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 2, 2006
Will consumers' buying only a few gallons of gas at a time bring down the price of gasoline?
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 29, 2006
Casey Sheehan's grave is as yet unmarked with a standard headstone.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 27, 2006
E-mail suggests a countermeasure to the proposed 'Day Without Immigrants' protest.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 25, 2006
"Talk about German efficiency!"
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April 25, 2006
E-mail reproduces news account of the stabbing death of 17-year-old Anna Svidersky.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 24, 2006
A lovely (true) account of a rescued whale, but the photograph attached to it has nothing to do ...
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April 24, 2006
Quotes from various Hispanic leaders and newspaper articles regarding U.S. immigrants
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April 22, 2006
Ben & Jerry's ice cream outlets are offering free cones on Tuesday, 10 April 2018.
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April 22, 2006
Were three valuable U.S. coins deliberately placed into circulation in New York in April 2006?
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April 19, 2006
Video clip shows Marc Ecko tagging Air Force One?
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April 18, 2006
Photograph shows a Mexican national flag flown at Montebello High School?
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April 18, 2006
Are expired boxes of cake and pancake mixes dangerously toxic?
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April 18, 2006
Photograph taken in west Texas shows a tornado funnel and lightning bolt alongside an oil rig?
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April 17, 2006
Do new U.S. $5 and $10 bills contain printing errors?
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2006
Do new U.S. $10 bills released in 2006 contain a printing error?
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April 17, 2006
Rumor: Inventor Thomas Edison said that 'the doctor of the future will give no medicine but will ...
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April 13, 2006
Does a photograph show a 17-lb., 3-foot German Giant rabbit?
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