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
Feb. 22, 2002
E-mail from lawyer gives good advice about preventive steps to protect against credit card theft.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 21, 2002
Is Fuji distributing world maps that omit Israel?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Feb. 19, 2002 (Updated: Oct. 9, 2006)
Is the word 'golf' an acronym formed from 'gentlemen only; ladies forbidden'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 17, 2002
Help Honey Starr, a mother suffering from Polycystic Kidney Disease?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 17, 2002
Will the last possible triple symmetrical year/date/time combination occur on 20 February 2002?
Written by: Jessica Lee David Mikkelson
Feb. 14, 2002 (Updated: Aug. 29, 2022)
From TikTok videos to viral emails — for decades, warnings have circulated online about the alle ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 14, 2002
Can information about you that might be used in identity theft schemes be obtained from the web ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 13, 2002 (Updated: Sept. 20, 2021)
The famous quote that first appeared online in the year 2001 was still being virally shared in s ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 12, 2002
Michigan Department of Treasury issues an alert about fraudulent e-mail notifications of Interna ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 12, 2002
An article demonstrating how to eliminate U.S. oil imports from Middle Eastern countries is both ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2002
A 17-year-old rumor about the Pledge of Allegiance that never had anything to do with Pepsi cont ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 7, 2002
During an interview with CORE national spokesman Niger Innis, did MSNBC display a graphic identi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 7, 2002
Danielle van Dam: missing child or Internet hoax?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 7, 2002
Did Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby write an opinion piece blaming John Walker Lindh's parent ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2002
Epitaph on headstone in Montreal cemetery forms an unflattering acrostic.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2002
Is the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act currently before Congress?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 5, 2002
Is a constitutional amendment that would 'ban homosexual marriages and civil unions being pushed ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2002
No federal law actually prohibits U.S. citizens from having contact with extraterrestrial beings.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2002
Was a passenger sealed to a toilet seat for two hours on a trans-Atlantic flight?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2002
Do Wal-Mart employees have to pay for their stores' American flags?
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