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
Sept. 29, 2003
Did former New York mayor Ed Koch deliver a radio address on anti-semitism?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 28, 2003
Is Citibank asking customers to verify their e-mail addresses?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2003
University researchers demonstrate that letter order is unimportant to reading comprehension?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 26, 2003
Retired federal judge delivers lecture about his experience setting up a new legal system in Iraq?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2003
Motorist finds chopped-up snake on engine block?
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Sept. 24, 2003
Several hundred different varieties of the fruit, and the reported fear applies to only one of t ...
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Sept. 24, 2003 (Updated: July 30, 2011)
Did a troop of Boy Scouts die after roasting hot dogs on oleander branches?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2003
Did '60 Minutes' commentator Andy Rooney author an essay titled 'In Praise of Older Women'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2003
Rumor: Actor Don Knotts was once the Marine Corps' 'most feared drill instructor.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2003
Has your credit card been charged $234.65 for 'laundy service'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2003
Photographs show the approach of Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 2003
Has Texas banned license plate frames?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2003
IS a company known as FCUK promoting a fragrance with a 'scent to bed' advertising campaign?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2003
Scam traps the unwary into giving up their AOL information by telling them roses have been order ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 2003
"This is a Christian religious advertisement, and allowing it to stay there is an insult to ever ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 2003
Texas dog has unfortunate encounter with a walkingstick from Belize?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 10, 2003
Nine guests have lost their lives on Disneyland attractions.
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