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. 1, 2001
Requiring that new construction projects be adaptable to other uses is not an unheard of condition.
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Jan. 29, 2001
Was a worker who stood too close to microwave emissions cooked by the rays?
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Jan. 28, 2001
Is McDonald's donating money to injured Palestinians?
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Jan. 27, 2001
Was the Bob Dylan song 'Blowin' in the Wind' actually written by a New Jersey high school student?
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Jan. 24, 2001
Is someone sending sponges carrying the 'Klingerman virus' through the mail?
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Jan. 22, 2001
Child takes parent's exaggerated warning literally and acts on it?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 19, 2001
In many legends, the 'why' is more important the 'what.'
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Jan. 19, 2001
'Puff the Magic Dragon' is what its writers have always claimed it to be: a song about the inno ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2001
Understanding where this decades-old tale came from is to see cultural prejudice at work.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2001
Snopes looks into the well-worn tale of a man who was startled so badly he injured himself when ...
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Jan. 17, 2001
Were CDs designed to be long enough to hold Beethoven's 9th Symphony?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2001
Did a blind girl 'see' the flash of an atomic bomb test?
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Jan. 16, 2001
Is 'Penis van Lesbian' Dick Van Dyke's real name?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 15, 2001
A 1977 'Star Wars' trading card seemingly depicted C-3P0 with an oversized appendage.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2001 (Updated: March 24, 2007)
Did a mother bird sacrifice herself to protect her chicks from a forest fire?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2001
A tale of an embarrassing mistranslation at the United Nations.
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Jan. 11, 2001
Are the students at an elementary school collecting e-mail messages?
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Jan. 10, 2001
Should you call the White House to get President Clinton to declare the Arctic National Wildlife ...
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Jan. 9, 2001
Were brass monkeys used to store cannonballs on ships?
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