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
July 17, 2002
Did comedian Dennis Miller spin a 'rant' on the Pledge of Allegiance?
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July 11, 2002
General Motors responds to Bill Gates' comparison of advances in computing to the automotive ind ...
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July 10, 2002
Photographs purportedly show thieving birds stealing quarters from a car wash.
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July 8, 2002
Guns are not toys.
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July 8, 2002
Did Claire Braz-Valentine write and read an 'Open Letter to John Ashcroft' at Cabrillo College?
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July 6, 2002
The writer's description of herself as someone who loves long walks and will wait by the front d ...
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July 1, 2002
Did the Los Angeles Times run a political cartoon that depicts a Muslim and Jew praying at a wal ...
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June 30, 2002
This quote is periodically dusted off and attributed to President Abraham Lincoln.
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June 28, 2002
Is the Home Depot chain of stores declining to do business with the federal government?
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June 28, 2002
Red Skelton laments in 1969 that the Pledge of Allegiance might someday be considered a 'prayer' ...
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June 28, 2002
Did an appeals court rule that teacher-led recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public scho ...
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June 27, 2002
Is the drug Premarin produced from the urine of pregnant horses?
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June 24, 2002
Is static electricity a suspected cause of a reported increase in gas station refueling fires?
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June 24, 2002
Can you look up anyone's driver's license on the Internet?
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June 19, 2002
Have Norwegian supermarket chains decided to place special ID stickers on products from Israel?
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June 19, 2002
KFC is giving away free Popcorn Chicken on 20 June 2002.
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June 18, 2002
Starbucks recalled 'Collapse into Cool' promotional posters due to controversy over their allege ...
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June 17, 2002
Spurious rumor holds that the personalities of Disney's seven dwarfs represent the seven stages ...
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June 12, 2002
Did former Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley obtain a trademark for the term 'three-peat'?
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June 10, 2002
Is an Islamic bank the majority owner of Caribou Coffee?
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