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. 24, 2014
Does the iPhone 6 bend easily if placed in a pocket?
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Sept. 24, 2014
Viral hoaxster Jasmine Tridevil found dead.
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Sept. 23, 2014
Portland cops followed up on a pizza delivery after the delivery driver crashed his vehicle.
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Sept. 23, 2014
A 'radical feminist' baked 'vagina cookies' for a second-grade classroom, then became incensed w ...
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Sept. 22, 2014
An item about a Texas 'cannibal pedophile' death row inmate requesting a child as his last meal ...
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Sept. 22, 2014
Alaska reporter Charlo Greene swears on live TV, quits to work on legalized marijuana issue.
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Sept. 22, 2014
Starbucks is testing a new 'beer latte.'
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Sept. 22, 2014
Did the Obamacare death panels execute a senior citizen named Dorothy Zbornak?
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Sept. 22, 2014
Are iPhone 6s infected with Ebola?
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Sept. 22, 2014
Did Jasmine Tridevil undergo cosmetic surgery to add a third breast?
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Sept. 22, 2014
Rumor: A concerned Christian mom has re-written the Harry Potter books to remove references to w ...
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Sept. 22, 2014
Did Jasmine Tridevil undergo cosmetic surgery to add a third breast?
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Sept. 21, 2014
Texas has legalized the use of marijuana for treating a form of epilepsy, but not for other medi ...
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Sept. 20, 2014
Does Chase Bank not allow cash deposits made by non-account holders?
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Sept. 20, 2014
Rumor: Photograph shows a 'happy face spider.' Is there really such an arachnid?
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Sept. 19, 2014
Is Facebook banning drag queens who are not using their legal names on their accounts?
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Sept. 19, 2014
The first iPhone 6 buyer in Australia dropped his new gadget immediately afterwards on live TV.
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Sept. 19, 2014
Busch Gardens altered its Halloween programming to remove decapitated props reminiscent of ISIS ...
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Sept. 19, 2014
Rumor: ISIS operatives plan to slaughter American troops at their houses after finding the addre ...
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Sept. 19, 2014
Michelle Obama visits St. Jude's, disrupts treatments, alienates parents.
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