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
Jan. 21, 2005
MSN's MapPoint service displays an unusually long route between two Norwegian cities.
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Jan. 21, 2005
Rumor: Photographs show a half-ton shark caught in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
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Jan. 20, 2005
While most black bears are black, several other color phases occasionally appear, such as brown, ...
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Jan. 19, 2005 (Updated: Sept. 9, 2022)
A blog claimed these images showed the Microsoft co-founder doing a photoshoot for the now-defun ...
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Jan. 19, 2005
Does a photograph show an American Airlines airliner with an engine on fire?
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Jan. 17, 2005
Do photographs show a suicide bomber killed in Iraq's Green Zone?
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Jan. 14, 2005
Is your help needed to identify a tsunami victim, a young girl who 'does not remember anything'?
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Jan. 13, 2005
It's the same long-running hoax with a rodent twist.
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Jan. 12, 2005
These deep-sea creatures were not found scattered throughout the wreckage pf a tsunami.
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Jan. 10, 2005
Photograph shows a Mandarin Airlines flight taxiing past the charred remains of a crashed airliner?
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Jan. 10, 2005
Are children orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami being offered for sale via SMS messages?
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Jan. 9, 2005
Do photographs show an orphaned fawn being cared for by a pet dog?
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Jan. 8, 2005
Does a photograph show a fawn cleverly camouflaged on a porch by its mother?
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Jan. 8, 2005
Does a photograph show a 115-pound coyote killed in New York?
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Jan. 7, 2005
Is participating in a 'Not One Damn Dime Day' an effective way to protest the war in Iraq?
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Jan. 5, 2005
Is your help is needed to identify a young tsunami victim and reunite him with his family?
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Jan. 4, 2005
Do photographs show the tsunami that struck Asia in December 2004?
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Jan. 4, 2005
Do photographs show the tsunami that struck Asia in December 2004?
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Jan. 3, 2005
Video shows a suspect in a police shooting committing suicide in an interview room.
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Dec. 31, 2004 (Updated: Oct. 15, 2010)
Did the daughter of murder victims decry the removal of 'So help me God' from the courtroom oath?
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