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 22, 2001
The hilarious saga of a man who named his dog Sex.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2001
Was a USGS mapmaker fired for posting a map of caribou breeding grounds on the web?
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May 19, 2001
Is pumpernickel bread named after a horse? Does it translate to 'devil's fart'? So many breadcru ...
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May 19, 2001
The cut of steak known as "sirloin" is not so named because an English king once knighted a piec ...
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May 16, 2001
Did a town with a loud early morning train experience unusually high birth rates?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
May 16, 2001 (Updated: Aug. 8, 2022)
"For attractive lips, speak with words of kindness," the viral quote begins.
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May 15, 2001
A hilariously garbled English translation of a Turkish airline's regulations.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2001
The answer must be heavily qualified in order to avoid being misleading.
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May 6, 2001
Will Yahoo be shutting down all Geocities web site ?
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May 6, 2001
A discussion of the droit du seigneur, or the 'right of the lord.'
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May 2, 2001
Nearly everyone familiar with world-famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, no matter h ...
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April 28, 2001
"I can hear you now — John who?"
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
April 28, 2001 (Updated: May 8, 2012)
Legend: The apocryphal tale of the black celebrity, an elevator, and a frightened woman.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 26, 2001
"I caught him in bed with men several times. In fact the best time I caught him in bed was with ...
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April 26, 2001
Is the slang word 'pom' taken from the phrase 'Prisoner of His Majesty'?
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April 26, 2001
The English word 'news' is said to derive from an acronym formed from the words 'north,' east,' ...
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April 25, 2001
"You'd get a blank look at McDonald's, too, if you asked for a slice of meat between two discs o ...
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April 24, 2001
Applicant with lengthy arrest record successfully disputes being rejected for a job by the Distr ...
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April 24, 2001
A man was caught cheating on a drug test when urinalysis revealed he was pregnant.
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