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
Oct. 11, 2002
A photograph appears to show the words "FUCK IRAQ" displayed on the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 11, 2002
Did a "Newlywed Game" contestant say the weirdest place she'd ever "made whoopee" was "up the butt"?
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Oct. 10, 2002
Are scientists predicting that the sun will explode in less than six years?
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Oct. 9, 2002
Photograph shows a triple waterspout associated with the storms of Hurricane Lili.
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Oct. 9, 2002
Did the sun form a cross-like shape on a flag displayed in Arizona?
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Oct. 7, 2002
Did a farmer carve a USA-shaped maze in his cornfield?
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Oct. 7, 2002
Do photographs show a rock painted with patriotic scenes alongside an Iowa highway?
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Oct. 3, 2002
Nazi Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering was one of the highest-ranking Nazis who survived to be ...
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Oct. 3, 2002
Photos show a deer that crashed through the windshield of a Dodge Durango.
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Oct. 2, 2002
William Phelps Eno was the man who penned some of the first traffic laws.
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Oct. 1, 2002
Photograph captures Senator Tom Daschle saluting the flag with the wrong hand?
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Sept. 30, 2002
In 1937 the Yankee second baseman pulled an on-field practical joke using a doctored baseball.
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Sept. 28, 2002
Rumor: The Allman Brothers' album title 'Eat a Peach' is a reference to Duane Allman's death.
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Sept. 28, 2002
Is the Allman Brothers' album title 'Eat a Peach' a reference to Duane Allman's death?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 28, 2002
Is the Allman Brothers' album title 'Eat a Peach' a reference to Duane Allman's death?
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Sept. 27, 2002
Did a misinterpretation of Napoleon's complaint about his cough result in the unintended slaying ...
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Sept. 25, 2002
Mary Mallon has come to be so strongly identified with the spread of disease that it is now comm ...
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Sept. 24, 2002
The book shown in this photograph is 'America: A Patriotic Primer,' by Lynne Cheney
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Sept. 23, 2002
Can you trigger a $1 donation to paralysis research by sending a birthday greeting to actor Chri ...
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