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. 31, 2004
Dubious list of old jokes and double entrendres purportedly collects "the top nine comments made ...
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Aug. 27, 2004
Fauxtography: Photograph purportedly shows the imprint of a sexual encounter on a dirty car hood.
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Aug. 25, 2004
Do photographs show a U.S. military helicopter painted like an eagle?
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Aug. 24, 2004
"No other person outside of public life so stirred our imaginations or so captured our affections."
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Aug. 24, 2004
Is 3M constructing the World's Largest Pink Ribbon in Times Square to support breast cancer awar ...
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Aug. 21, 2004
The answer is probably surprisingly less often than you might think.
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Aug. 13, 2004
Did 'American Idol' favorite William Hung die of a heroin overdose?
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Aug. 13, 2004
Does a photo show George W. Bush delivering a punch to the face of a rugby opponent?
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Aug. 13, 2004
Did Ben Stein write an article about the nature of stardom?
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Aug. 12, 2004
Couple is caught taking risqué pictures in an amusement park photo booth.
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Aug. 10, 2004
An unusual twist on the Nigerian Scam
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Aug. 10, 2004
Do photos show an alligator swimming across a lake with a deer clutched in its jaws?
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Aug. 10, 2004
Did Alicia Keys' song 'Diary' prompt a flood of calls to her old phone number?
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Aug. 10, 2004
Does a video show a U.S. Apache helicopter firing at three Iraqi insurgents?
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Aug. 5, 2004
It is commonly believed that Chef Boyardee was a fictional creation and that his name was an ama ...
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Aug. 4, 2004
Does a Ford SportKa commercial show a cat being decapitated?
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Aug. 3, 2004
Grammar school report details problems with a young George W. Bush?
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Aug. 1, 2004
Information about the 'Osama Captured/Hanged' computer virus warnings.
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July 30, 2004
Quotes from Swift boat veterans about John Kerry.
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July 29, 2004
Does a photograph show a 12-foot-long, 1000-lb. hog dubbed 'Hogzilla'?
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