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. 2, 2003
Some of the national pastime's best revenge tales are those that never happened.
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Aug. 1, 2003
Flight crew makes humorous in-flight announcements to airline passengers.
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July 28, 2003
Nothing in federal law makes Texas' flag more special than any other state's flag.
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July 28, 2003
Has Texas banned the use of cell phones by drivers?
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July 27, 2003
Has a Las Vegas business conducted hunts of naked women by paying customers armed with paintball ...
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July 27, 2003
Did the author of 'Black Like Me' die from skin cancer caused by the treatment he underwent to d ...
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July 27, 2003
Is a new Jamie Oliver book, 'Naked Chef 2', circulating as a Microsoft Word document?
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July 26, 2003
Did an Indian boy experience a rare condition in which flies emerged from his groin?
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July 24, 2003
The planet Mars will not be making a once-in-our-lifetimes, remarkably close approach to Earth o ...
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July 24, 2003
Does a photograph show a surfer's close encounter with a lurking shark?
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July 23, 2003
Some interesting debate took place around the Texas Annexation.
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July 23, 2003
Airplane maintenance crews log humorous responses to pilots' problem reports.
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July 22, 2003
Letter from Army engineer details rebuilding efforts in Iraq?
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July 21, 2003
Have Tampax Pearl brand tampons been linked to an outbreak of toxic shock syndrome?
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July 20, 2003
Did talk show host Neal Boortz deliver a controversial commencement speech at Texas A&M?
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July 19, 2003
You probably didn't know most of them because they're not true.
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July 17, 2003
Is Metallica suing Unfaith over their use of the E and F chords?
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July 14, 2003
Photograph shows a C-130 transport dropping anti-missile flares.
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July 14, 2003
Is an Internet-circulated coupon good for a free McDonald's salad?
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