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: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Nov. 16, 1999
A humorous rejection letter was purportedly sent by the Smithsonian in response to an amateur pa ...
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Nov. 12, 1999
Does U.S. law specify that merchants do not have to accept more than 100 pennies as payment?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Nov. 9, 1999
A bride finally questions why her mother cuts the ends off of roasts before cooking them.
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Nov. 7, 1999
Are McDonald's and Pizza Hut donating $1 per e-mail forward towards the medical care of Justin M ...
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Oct. 31, 1999
Was Harlan Ellison rebuffed after making a crude remark to a tall blonde woman?
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Oct. 31, 1999
Are domesticated turkeys really that stupid?
Written by: David Mikkelson Alex Kasprak
Oct. 30, 1999
It’s far from guaranteed to happen, but the risk of decapitation for copulating male mantids wou ...
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Oct. 30, 1999
Since praying mantises are not humans or on the endangered species list, you can kill them witho ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 1999
Motorists with personalized license plates reading 'NO PLATE' or 'NO TAG' have received a pletho ...
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Oct. 30, 1999 (Updated: April 22, 2021)
Did Dan White, Harvey Milk's killer, successfully argue in court that his judgement had been imp ...
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Oct. 23, 1999
It might be difficult to think of two more renowned but dissimilar American authors than Kurt Vo ...
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Oct. 23, 1999
The biblical narrative of Jesus' birth gives no date for the event, though it more likely occurr ...
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Oct. 23, 1999
Man dressed as Santa Claus gets stuck in chimney and dies?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 1999
Did Clem McCarthy get the chance to broadcast the first network airing of the Kentucky Derby bec ...
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Oct. 22, 1999
Did a Japanese department store once display Santa Claus nailed to a cross?
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Oct. 22, 1999
Can you make money by joining the 'World Currency Cartel'?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Oct. 15, 1999 (Updated: Sept. 20, 2022)
Versions of the legend involving two people — one of whom can't recall the other's name — date t ...
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Oct. 14, 1999
Does drinking Mountain Dew cause one's testicles to shrink?
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Oct. 11, 1999
Child earns present from radio's Uncle Don by giving up swearing?
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Oct. 9, 1999
The ancient artifact that inspired this ghost story can still be seen at the British Museum.
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