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
Aug. 23, 2001
Is the word 'cabal' an acronym formed from the names of five ministers to Charles II?
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Aug. 21, 2001
A bouquet of outrageous lawsuits demonstrates the need for tort reform?
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Aug. 20, 2001
Have police discovered guns disguised as cell phones?
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Aug. 20, 2001
Do statistics demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the g ...
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Aug. 17, 2001
Will your signing a petition cause the Nobel Foundation to revoke the Peace Prize awarded to Yas ...
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Aug. 17, 2001
About the sexual trials of Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, and Mel Reynolds.
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Aug. 11, 2001
President Bush tells a spectator, 'Who cares what you think?'
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Aug. 9, 2001
Did Martin van Buren write a letter to President Jackson about the necessity of preserving canal ...
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Aug. 7, 2001
Rumor: Hillary Clinton refused to meet with a contingent of Gold Star mothers.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 1, 2001
What are the world's most valuable brand names?
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July 31, 2001
A legendary college jape purportedly pitted a street repair crew and police against each other.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 31, 2001
Was Henry Kissinger the last student to graduate from Harvard with perfect grades?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 31, 2001
Does 'hoity-toity' comes from the French words for 'high roof'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 29, 2001 (Updated: May 6, 2021)
Are Congressmen exempt from paying into Social Security?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 29, 2001
Did John Hancock say this when he signed the Declaration of Independence?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 29, 2001
A statement offered to a congressional subcommittee by Darrell Scott, the father of one of the C ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 28, 2001
Is 20-month-old Brayden Hembree lying in a coma in a South Carolina hospital?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 27, 2001
Perhaps Uber and Lyft will be filling this need in the near future.
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July 27, 2001
Did a man fill a Cadillac supposedly belonging to his wife's lover with concrete?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 26, 2001
Did John F. Kennedy appear hatless at his inauguration?
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