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
June 7, 2000
Is the U.S. Postal Service discontinuing the Martin Luther King stamp?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 3, 2000
Are people posing as census workers trying to obtain personal information over the telephone?
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June 2, 2000
Did Jimi Hendrix announce on the 'Tonight Show' that Phil Keaggy was the world's greatest guitarist?
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May 31, 2000
Did The New England Journal of Medicine claim that ogling women's breasts is good for a man's he ...
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May 30, 2000 (Updated: Oct. 17, 2022)
Let's take a look at photographic evidence.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 29, 2000
Rumor has it that the tiny initials "JS" on every U.S. dime stand for "Josef Stalin."
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May 29, 2000
Was Rudolph Valentino poisoned by food prepared in aluminum cookware?
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May 24, 2000
The American Cancer Society is not aware of any evidence that shows substances in deodorants or ...
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May 24, 2000
Did President Calvin Coolidge's son die from blood poisoning caused by the dye in his black socks?
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May 24, 2000
A discussion of lore and superstition surrounding wedding rings.
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May 21, 2000
In this classic urban legend, an elderly pet owner attempts to dry her beloved pet in a microwav ...
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May 20, 2000
You can't believe everything you read -- no matter when it may have been published.
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May 19, 2000
The story of a blonde and her boat at Lake Isabella.
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May 18, 2000
Is the scream of a murdered woman audible on the Ohio Players' song 'Love Rollercoaster'?
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May 17, 2000
Honeymooning couple's sexual activities are secretly videotaped by their hotel.
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May 12, 2000
A woman is so overwhelmed a meeting a celebrity in an ice cream parlor that she inadvertently pu ...
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May 11, 2000
Did an artist paint a Nazi figure into a Disney mural?
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May 11, 2000
Did the Dalai Lama create a list of 'Instructions for Life'?
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May 10, 2000
Someone should start a museum to house all the non-existent things that thousands of people have ...
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May 9, 2000
Was Buddy Holly's group named 'The Crickets' because a cricket appeared on one of their songs?
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