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. 9, 2000
Was Tom Green's TV show canceled after he showed up at a bar mitzvah dressed as Hitler?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 8, 2000
Among the most powerful lures of the myth is the idea that we could harness the remaining portio ...
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Feb. 3, 2000
Are envelopes sent by an organization called the 'Internal Revenue Service' a scam?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2000
Did Mama Cass Eliot choke to death on a ham sandwich?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 30, 2000 (Updated: Sept. 16, 2022)
The musician's father was one of the first officers in the newly formed United States Air Force ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 30, 2000
Person who buys unwanted painting at estate auction inherits entire estate?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 30, 2000
Thieves break into sperm bank and mistake sperm samples for vanilla pudding?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 30, 2000
Rumor: A teenaged job seeker sent a sarcastic employment application to McDonald's and was hired.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2000
Was a Palm Beach golfer devoured by a resident crocodile?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2000
A letter writer chides Clinton for stating that the ’older generation must learn to sacrifice as ...
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Jan. 29, 2000
A letter writer chides Clinton for stating that the 'older generation must learn to sacrifice as ...
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Jan. 27, 2000
A woman discovers via a radio program call-in stunt that her long-time boyfriend is married.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 27, 2000
Was Jimi Hendrix kicked off a Monkees tour because the Daughters of the American Revolution comp ...
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Jan. 23, 2000
Adulterous couple gets stuck in sports car and has to be cut out by the fire department.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2000
Airline promotion reveals husbands' infidelities to their wives.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2000
A wife traps her husband and his mistress in an RV.
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Jan. 22, 2000
Woman gets revenge on former boyfriend by calling long-distance number and leaving his phone off ...
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Jan. 22, 2000
Did a woman sell her partner's expensive new car for $50 after he ran off with a younger woman?
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Jan. 21, 2000
Old historical legends holds that architect Pierre L'Enfant omitted 'J' Street from his plans fo ...
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Jan. 20, 2000
Did audience member Eric Clapton upstage Grand Funk at a concert?
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