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
April 6, 2005
Do photographs show a snake found inside a personal computer?
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March 29, 2005
Powerade advertisement shows basketball star Lebron James sinking a series of extraordinarily lo ...
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March 28, 2005
Do photographs show a mouse caught in a printer toner cartridge?
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March 28, 2005
Woman calls police because a fast food outlet won't make a cheeseburger the way she wants it.
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March 26, 2005
This bit of doggerel was penned by an adult male child psychologist, not a terminally ill girl
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March 26, 2005
A 7-year-old girl named Amy Bruce is not dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor and didn't write ...
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March 25, 2005
Does a video show a killer whale capsizing a kayak?
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March 24, 2005 (Updated: July 12, 2022)
A Wendy's customer was said to have found a human finger in her bowl of chili.
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March 22, 2005
Does a video capture a DEA agent who accidentally shot himself while conducting a presentation o ...
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March 20, 2005 (Updated: Aug. 25, 2022)
The actor celebrated her 69th birthday in 2004.
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March 20, 2005
A putative collection of humorous articles from the African press.
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March 18, 2005
Are disposable chopsticks loaded with carcinogens?
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March 15, 2005
"I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."
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March 13, 2005
"You start calculating the distance to the plane door...and wonder...'Do I feel lucky today?'"
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March 13, 2005
Does a photograph show a tearful veteran embracing a wounded Marine?
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March 2, 2005
Who wouldn't want their wedding cake to be catered by Hostess?
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March 2, 2005
Photograph shows an unintentionally humorous warning sign placed on an out-of-service printer?
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Feb. 23, 2005
Information about the Sober K computer virus delivered in an email supposedly from the FBI.
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Feb. 22, 2005
Photographs ostensibly show vehicles in Chicago encrusted with ice from severe cold weather.
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