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
May 31, 2003
Did President Bush pray with an injured Special Forces soldier at Walter Reed Medical Center?
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May 26, 2003
History: The hidden story of how the design of the California state flag was based on a mistake.
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May 25, 2003
Does the domain GeorgeWBush.com hosts a legitimate web site for President Bush's 2004 re-electio ...
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May 24, 2003
A collection of mangled English, as gleaned from the Internet.
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May 23, 2003
Did Heinz adopt the slogan '57 Varieties' because that's how many different products they sold?
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May 21, 2003
Fidel Castro never regularly played, much less starred, on any baseball team.
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May 19, 2003
Of all the professional criticisms leveled at Geraldo Rivera over the years, one of the most com ...
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May 19, 2003
Tales of sexual exploits involving groupies and animals are familiar entries in the Led Zeppelin ...
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May 18, 2003
Have researchers developed genetically engineered fruit trees that bear meat?
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May 17, 2003
Were 'crowbars' devices used to perform menial labor assigned to blacks?
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May 14, 2003
Has Microsoft developed the iLoo, an Internet-capable portable toilet?
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May 13, 2003
College fills open faculty position through cynical job posting.
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May 10, 2003
Does the FCC plan to loosen its strictures against conglomerate ownership of media?
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May 10, 2003
What are the three common English words ending in 'gry'?
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May 7, 2003
A photograph supposedly captured a fetus reaching out towards the surgeon during an in-the-womb ...
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May 3, 2003
A rumor held that prisons, school cafeterias, Taco Bell, and other fast food restaurants serve " ...
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May 3, 2003
Does Quranic verse 9:11 speak of the 'wrath of the Eagle cleansing the lands of Allah'?
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May 3, 2003
Does The Animal Rescue Site donate free food to abused and neglected animals when people click o ...
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