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. 7, 1999
Do the kings in a deck of playing cards represent Charlemagne, David, Caesar, and Alexander?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 1999
Young man discovers the pharmacist who sold him condoms is his blind date's father.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 1999
In 1953, Sheen gave a dramatic radio reading of the burial scene from Shakespeare's "Julius Caes ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 13, 1999
An image of a topless woman can be fleetingly seen in the initial home video version of the anim ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 1999
Did actress Clara Bow service the entire USC football team at orgies?
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Dec. 31, 1998
Urban legend claims scientists drilling in Siberia went too far and ended up punching a hole thr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Roofers mysteriously return four years later to re-do a finished job.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Naming a candy bar after the long-dead daughter of a former president would be a curious choice.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Can a Tootsie Pop wrapper picturing an Indian shooting an arrow at a star be redeemed with Toots ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Japanese thieves send a 'thank you' note to a bank after robbing it.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Strange things found in drains by Roto-Rooter men.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Did one vote defeat a proposal to make German the official language of the United States?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998
Is missing child protocol in stores called 'Code Adam' after 6-year-old Adam Walsh?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998
A check doesn't necessarily have to be written on paper. It can be written on anything, as long ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998
Let's fact-check that.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 29, 1998
Work crew discovers a decades-old wrecked car with several skeletons inside.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 9, 1998
Does the term 'Immaculate Conception' refer to the birth of Jesus?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 6, 1998
Will the right for blacks to vote expire in 2007?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 5, 1998
Bugs do wander into people's ears sometimes. But where can they go from there?
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