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
Oct. 31, 2001
A pithy quote about religion supposedly made by Muhammad Ali while visiting the World Trade Cent ...
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Oct. 30, 2001
U.S. General John J. Pershing did not effectively discourage Muslim terrorists in the Philippine ...
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Oct. 30, 2001
Rumor has it that black cats are subjected to all sorts of unkind and even cruel activity around ...
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Oct. 29, 2001
Have schools and other municipal agencies have been ordered to remove banners displaying the phr ...
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Oct. 26, 2001
Article examines various automobile manufacturers' contributions to September 11-related relief ...
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Oct. 25, 2001
A purported speech by a national leader encouraging Muslim immigrants to adapt or go back where ...
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Oct. 24, 2001
In the wake of 9/11, rumors spread that large quantities of candy were purchased just before Hal ...
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Oct. 24, 2001
Are American propaganda broadcasts telling the Taliban that they are 'condemned' and instructing ...
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Oct. 22, 2001
Were a mother cat and kittens found living beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center?
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Oct. 22, 2001
Does an e-mail petition seek to establish a National Firefighters Day?
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Oct. 22, 2001
Did Bishop T. D. Jakes of Dallas tell his congregation to stock up on supplies in anticipation o ...
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Oct. 20, 2001
Did Senator John McCain deliver a speech about a Vietnam POW who was beaten for sewing an Americ ...
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Oct. 18, 2001
Did the Dalai Lama compose a letter in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks in which ...
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Oct. 17, 2001
Did the fire chief of Berkeley, California, order the removal of American flags from city fire t ...
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Oct. 15, 2001
Has President George W. Bush sponsored a Presidential Prayer Team?
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Oct. 12, 2001
The irascible muppet and the terrorist mastermind appeared to be acquaintances on posters carrie ...
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Oct. 12, 2001
Urban legend holds that an attempted abduction of a child from a big box store, mall, or amuseme ...
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Oct. 12, 2001
Did a Dallas schoolboy predict the September 11 terrorist attacks on America?
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Oct. 11, 2001
Romanian newspaperman Cornel Nistorescu penned a popular pro-America editorial immediately after ...
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