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. 22, 2002
Does the title of the Doors song 'Five to One' refer to the ratio of Viet Cong to American troop ...
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Sept. 21, 2002
Is the White House soliciting phone calls to record public opinion about a proposed war with Iraq?
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Sept. 11, 2002
Did a careless e-mail forward reveal embarrassing dating details?
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Sept. 2, 2002
Are shopping mall thieves robbing women in washrooms and leaving them naked?
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Aug. 31, 2002 (Updated: Jan. 17, 2007)
The flood reportedly took place in London in 1814.
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Aug. 30, 2002
Nicholas Farber: Missing child or Internet hoax?
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Aug. 19, 2002
E-mail exhorts Americans to drive with their headlights on during daylights hours on September 1 ...
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Aug. 18, 2002
Did an American Airlines pilot pen an essay entitled 'You Worry Me'?
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Aug. 15, 2002
Those looking for hidden messages in product packaging found that two of Pepsi's 1990 'Cool Cans ...
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Aug. 13, 2002
The web sites of BMW and Mercedes-Benz both displayed maps of the Middle East which left Israel ...
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Aug. 8, 2002
Did airport security screeners require a woman to drink her stored breast milk before allowing h ...
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Aug. 8, 2002
Popular lore is rife with examples of dark-hued liquids that are rumored to hide noisome ingredi ...
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July 31, 2002 (Updated: May 31, 2021)
Lompoc's 2002 Floral Flag was planted by the Bodger Seed Company as a tribute after the Septembe ...
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July 31, 2002
Are scammers racking up hundreds of dollars per phone call by borrowing homeowners' phones and p ...
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July 24, 2002
Sometimes it doesn't matter whether you use language correctly, because people will think you're ...
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July 22, 2002
Did Gaylord Perry's manager predict he'd hit his first home only after men had walked on the moon?
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July 19, 2002
Will the Avon cosmetics company donate to breast cancer research every time you pull an animated ...
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July 18, 2002
Can an Internet-distributed coupon be redeemed at any participating Starbucks outlet for a free ...
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