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 1, 2002
Information about the 'Worm Klez.E immunity' hoax.
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April 30, 2002
Colin Powell learned Yiddish while working in a Jewish-owned store in New York?
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April 30, 2002
Several authors of inspiring books and web logs have turned out to be fictitious.
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April 26, 2002
Get a free t-shirt from Mr. Smiley?
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April 22, 2002
Information about the JDBGMGR.EXE virus hoax.
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April 22, 2002
Does a sequence of photographs capture the summary execution of a Palestinian by Israeli police?
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April 22, 2002
Did an Air Force officer named Tony Mitchell send his wife a message from Afghanistan asking her ...
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April 19, 2002
Complaints led to clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch's pulling a line of T-shirts based on As ...
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April 17, 2002
Will an upcoming film from director Steven Spielberg document the current uprising in the West B ...
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April 16, 2002
Did President Bush speak to Lindsey Yeskoo, the wife of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, after de ...
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April 14, 2002
Man attempting to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head inadvertently saves his live by ...
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April 10, 2002 (Updated: Aug. 30, 2022)
In reality, any perceived growth is an optical illusion. We'll explain.
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April 10, 2002
Were RICO laws named for a film gangster?
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April 10, 2002
Was silent film star Buster Keaton contractually precluded from smiling on-screen?
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April 8, 2002
Premature baby survives against the odds and later recalls that God smells like rain?
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April 4, 2002
Does the 'worst job in Singapore' belong to a zoo worker who has to help animals masturbate in o ...
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April 3, 2002
Rumor: A young man with Down syndrome receives a generous donation from truckers who frequent th ...
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April 3, 2002
Did Rep. Dick Armey offer a humorous quip about President Clinton's troubles?
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April 2, 2002
A seller submitted a photo of a tea kettle with a revealing reflection to an online auction site.
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