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
Feb. 4, 2006
Does a photograph show a mud puddle in the shape of Australia?
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Feb. 2, 2006
Did the Joint Chiefs of Staff send a letter to the 'Washington Post' regarding an editorial cartoon?
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Feb. 1, 2006
An election-themed deodorant ad campaign supposedly prompted the residents of a small Ecuadorian ...
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Feb. 1, 2006
Information about the 'Kama Sutra' computer worm.
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Jan. 31, 2006
Do photographs show Iraqi fighter planes found buried in the desert?
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Jan. 31, 2006
Soldier scrawls response to his woman's unfaithfulness on the back of a tank?
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Jan. 31, 2006
Does a photograph shows a defiantly-posed U.S. Marine injured in a bomb blast in Iraq?
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Jan. 30, 2006
Does a photograph show two airliners in dangerously close proximity?
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Jan. 25, 2006
Photograph shows couple copulating in the front seat of a car while a child sits in the back seat?
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Jan. 25, 2006
NBC is refusing to promote Jamie Foxx's upcoming television special?
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Jan. 24, 2006 (Updated: Sept. 19, 2022)
An email purported to expose a link between the years of his weddings and the deaths of popes.
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Jan. 24, 2006
Do growth hormones used in poultry cause ovarian cysts in women who consume chicken wings?
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Jan. 24, 2006
Is the government secretly putting restrictions on what customers can remove from safe deposit b ...
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Jan. 22, 2006
One license plate commonly shared online demonstrates how difficult it is to foresee every conce ...
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Jan. 21, 2006
Video clip shows a man walking through a solid glass window?
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Jan. 20, 2006
Urban legends and jokes are often used as vehicles to pass along negative perceptions about memb ...
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Jan. 19, 2006
Do photographs show an indoor skiing facility in the desert?
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Jan. 12, 2006
E-mail reproduces George Carlin's list of New Rules for 2006?
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Jan. 11, 2006
Are black leaders are planning a big event to honor Stan Tookie Williams?
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