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
March 13, 2002
Has Safiya Hussaini, a Nigerian woman, been sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 13, 2002
This series of rumors focus on the remarks of Alec Baldwin, Eddie Vedder, Pierre Salinger — and ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 12, 2002
Will entering a phone number into Google produce a home address and a map with directions to tha ...
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March 10, 2002
A Boeing 757, and not a cruise missile or anything else, caused damage to the Pentagon on 9/11.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 9, 2002
What's not to believe about a band founded as much on outrageousness as on music?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 8, 2002
Lee Marvin and Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan were both in the military during World War II, but ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 6, 2002
Does Attorney General John Ashcroft believe calico cats are a sign of the devil?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 5, 2002
Information about the 'It Takes Guts to Say Jesus' virus.
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March 5, 2002
Information about the 'WTC Survivor' computer virus warning.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 5, 2002
Series of photographs shows a towboat rolling under a bridge and emerging from the other side.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 4, 2002
Can you discharge a debt by writing 'Paid in full' on your check?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 4, 2002
Is the band name KISS an acronym for 'Knights in Satan's Service'?
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March 3, 2002 (Updated: Sept. 1, 2022)
We've seen this rumor online since 1994.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 1, 2002
Are Sarajevo and Pyongyang the only two world capitals without McDonald's restaurants?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 2002
Did Dell Computer cancel an order placed by Weigand Combat Handguns because the company name tri ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 2002
Must SBC Ameritech customers contact the company within thirty days to prevent the sale of their ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 2002
Ice sculpture depicts an angel leaning on the shoulder of an exhausted New York City firefighter.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 2002
Texas doctor pens opinion piece about the treatment of prisoners captured in Afghanistan.
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