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
Sept. 6, 1997
Clap if you believe.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 1997
Beep, beep. Crushed punch buggy.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 31, 1997
Did a pair of shrink-to-fit jeans strangle its wearer?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 25, 1997
Did Disney make a film called 'The Story of Menstruation'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 23, 1997
Has Disneyland been sued because children glimpsed headless Disney characters?
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Aug. 18, 1997
Was a golfer poisoned by chewing on his tee?
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July 25, 1997
The person first slated to play the Tin Woodman in MGM's 1939 film version of 'The Wizard of Oz' ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 12, 1997
The NAACP has decried "the impression [the 1946 film] gives of an idyllic master-slave relations ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 12, 1997
"You're not suggesting I made up this coat story for publicity, are you?"
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 11, 1997
Was a stuntman killed filming a fight scene for 'How the West Was Won'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 11, 1997
Did a stuntwoman lose her legs while performing a scene for 'Dr. Zhivago'?
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June 29, 1997
Did the Japanese and American versions of 'King Kong vs. Godzilla' have different endings?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 2, 1997
The film 'Three Men and a Baby' contains no spectral appearances from a dead little boy -- or an ...
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June 1, 1997 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2022)
In 1955, film icon James Dean was killed in a car accident when his new Porsche Spyder crashed h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 26, 1997
Did a runaway truck run over family picnicking on safety ramp?
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May 19, 1997
Did a young girl die on EPCOT's 'Body Wars' attraction?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 14, 1997
The group was said to be angry over Capitol Records' "butchering" of their album releases in the ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 3, 1997
Did the stars on Playboy's cover indicate how many times Hugh Hefner had slept with the centerfold?
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 23, 1997
Sardonic jokes have circulated about more than one beloved animal star who was allegedly eaten b ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 21, 1997
Does a university serve ice cream at every meal at the request of a benefactor?
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