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
March 31, 1999
Did Kurt Vonnegut give the commencement address at MIT?
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March 29, 1999
A babysitter receives mysterious, threatening phone calls.
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March 26, 1999
According to legend, the author of 'Alice in Wonderland' prankishly dispatched a copy of one of ...
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March 24, 1999
Dead pet shipped by air is mistakenly replaced with live animal.
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March 22, 1999
Legend holds that the character of Pavel Chekov was added to 'Star Trek' in response to an edito ...
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March 17, 1999
It is not true that a special property of the equinox allows eggs (or brooms) to be balanced on ...
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March 16, 1999
A machine shop worker tore his scrotum in a piece of machinery and then stapled it back together.
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March 15, 1999
Stranger trips young girls and sends them plummeting over theater balconies?
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March 15, 1999
Did a Texas farmer named Herman Oberweiss file an unusual, self-penned will in 1934?
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March 15, 1999
Do Procter & Gamble pot scrubber sponges contain a dangerous derivative of Agent Orange?
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March 13, 1999 (Updated: Aug. 28, 2019)
Legend tells of a plan to finish an exam after the testing period ended by enlisting his mother, ...
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March 12, 1999
Is a condemned prisoner entitled to go free if the first attempt to execute him fails?
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March 9, 1999
The theme to the original 'Star Trek' television series officially includes never-used lyrics.
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March 3, 1999
A clever scam involving porn video refunds?
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Feb. 26, 1999 (Updated: Aug. 18, 2007)
What's the big idea?
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Feb. 25, 1999
The classic children's book comprises 49 monosyllabic words, plus the three-syllable word “anywh ...
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Feb. 21, 1999 (Updated: July 6, 2022)
The King of Rock and Roll was reportedly told he would "never make it as a singer."
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Feb. 18, 1999
Did Mariah Carey confuse King Hussein of Jordan with Michael Jordan?
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Feb. 13, 1999
Rumors of a disparaging remark the famous singer made about African-Americans raised doubts amon ...
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Feb. 7, 1999
A teacher's ad hoc class assignment is kept and treasured by her students.
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