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).
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Sept. 30, 2014
Reporter covering story of a missing boy found the child at the scene.
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Sept. 29, 2014
"Muslims must understand that they have to adapt to Belgium, its customs, its traditions, its wa ...
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Sept. 29, 2014
Are Apple Store visitors bending iPhone 6 units and posting videos to YouTube?
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Sept. 29, 2014
Has the CDC announced trials of an Ebola vaccine that works only on white people?
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Sept. 29, 2014
Is artist Lana Newstrom is selling invisible art for millions of dollars?
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Sept. 29, 2014
Has KFC banned hand wipes because they contain alcohol, which may offend Muslim customers?
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Sept. 28, 2014
A report about a New York artist named Lana Newstrom who creates "invisible art" was a CBC publi ...
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Sept. 28, 2014
Are operatives of ISIS marking Christian homes in Australia for nefarious purposes?
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Sept. 28, 2014
Photograph shows an ISIS terrorist crushing babies whose parents have refused to convert from Ch ...
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Sept. 27, 2014
Passengers on an airliner diverted to Cuba reportedly thought the hijacking was a 'Candid Camera ...
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Sept. 26, 2014
A man was stopped at the U.S. Canadian border with 51 turtles hidden in his pants.
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Sept. 26, 2014
Has President Obama quietly ordered the U.S. military to enlist illegal immigrants?
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Sept. 25, 2014
An Oklahoma woman was beheaded in an attack at her workplace by a recently fired employee in Sep ...
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Sept. 25, 2014
Were two female Ebola victims mysteriously resurrected as their corpses were being transported f ...
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Sept. 25, 2014
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing new rules that would require permits for commercial filming ...
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Sept. 25, 2014
Was a 15-ton giant shark captured off the coast of Pakistan?
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Sept. 24, 2014
Did the FBI reveal that no murders occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, proving the Sandy ...
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Sept. 24, 2014
Is Facebook removing coupon and coupon-sharing groups from their network?
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Sept. 24, 2014
A man was randomly jabbed with a syringe by a stranger and told 'welcome to the HIV club.'
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Sept. 24, 2014
Were officers in Ferguson, Missouri, spotted wearing 'I am Darren Wilson' wristbands?
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