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. 5, 2000
Does a mail truck have the right of way over emergency vehicles?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 2, 2000
Some contemporary celebrities seem to be fond of invoking this "fact."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 29, 2000
Old political jape holds that Election Day is being split across two separate days.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2000 (Updated: March 11, 2010)
Fears of superheated water from the microwave have been around since the earliest days of the in ...
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Sept. 26, 2000
A crazed killer is discovered hiding in the back seat of woman's car at a gas station.
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Sept. 25, 2000
It is hard to imagine United States customs looking the other way on this one.
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Sept. 25, 2000
Will closed captioning be shut down on Sept 30, 2001?
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Sept. 25, 2000
Would a pending Senate bill require that all handgun owners list their guns on federal income ta ...
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Sept. 20, 2000
Is the U.S. surrendering its sovereignty to the U.N.?
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Sept. 20, 2000
Old political joke holds that a clueless U.S. government official ordered half the cattle guards ...
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Sept. 17, 2000
Missionary is protected by the miraculous appearance of 26 armed guards.
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Sept. 13, 2000
Students devise clever ways to measure height of building using a barometer.
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Sept. 13, 2000
Did The cockpit recorder from Alaska Airlines Flight 261 reveals a pastor led the passengers in ...
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Sept. 13, 2000
Is Shyanne Josephine Godron-Wood missing?
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Sept. 12, 2000
Is someone called 'Slavemaster' or 'MonkeyMan935' luring women to death over the Internet?
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Sept. 12, 2000
False rumor holds that Phil Collins wrote the song 'In the Air Tonight' after witnessing an inci ...
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Sept. 11, 2000
Online alert warns that someone using the screen name 'DreamWeaverGrey' is luring women to their ...
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Sept. 10, 2000
Did Warner Bros. threaten to sue the Marx Brothers over their 1946 film titled 'A Night in Casab ...
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Sept. 8, 2000
A college student makes a horrifying discovery.
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Sept. 7, 2000
Wife takes revenge on a philandering husband by supergluing his penis to his leg.
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