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
April 22, 2001
One of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the internet.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 22, 2001
Was the Corporate Angel Network started by Coca-Cola and the Blue Angels?
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April 21, 2001
Is the U.S. Postal Service going to slap a 5-cent surcharge on every e-mail message?
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April 19, 2001 (Updated: Oct. 6, 2022)
Once upon a time, there was website called ManBeef.com that advertised "human meat" and detailed ...
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April 16, 2001
The eventual standardization of railroad gauge in the U.S. was due far less to a slavish devotio ...
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April 14, 2001
Perhaps this exam proctor should have placed finished exams a bit farther out of reach.
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April 12, 2001
Did violinist Itzhak Perlman once finish a concert on an instrument with only three strings afte ...
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April 9, 2001
Were Osco drug stores changed back to the Sav-On name because 'asco' means 'disgust' in Spanish?
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April 7, 2001
"Commanding Officer, USS SKIPJACK, cannot help but wonder what is being used at Mare Island in p ...
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April 5, 2001
After a Supreme Court decision forced the state of Missouri to allow the KKK to adopt a highway, ...
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March 29, 2001
Was the term 'hot dog' coined by a sports cartoonist who couldn't spell 'dachshund'?
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March 27, 2001
What would the proportions of common traits be like if we could shrink the earth's population to ...
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March 27, 2001
Are St. Bernard dogs being raised for food in China?
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March 25, 2001 (Updated: Oct. 17, 2022)
Here's the etymology of “buck” to mean “dollar."
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March 25, 2001
Did Atari bury millions of unsold 'E.T.' game cartridges in a New Mexico landfill?
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March 23, 2001
Airline captain takes seeing eye dog for a walk?
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March 21, 2001
Law firm employee sends nonchalant message about replacement of a murdered secretary.
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March 21, 2001
Is a California artist collecting brassieres in order to construct a giant Bra Ball?
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March 19, 2001
Scandal erupted when children's TV host Soupy Sales asked his young viewers to send him 'little ...
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March 19, 2001
Is an 1877 list of tips for stagecoach travelers genuine?
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