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. 1, 2014
Does TSA allow illegal aliens to fly without ID and with no additional verification if they sho ...
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Sept. 1, 2014
Have rainbow loom bands been recalled over cancer fears?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 1, 2014 (Updated: Dec. 31, 2021)
Long-lived actress Betty White, who died on Dec. 31, 2021, at the age of 99, had been the target ...
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Aug. 30, 2014
Fake news reports that a teenager was given a 25-year prison sentence for a prank known as 'swat ...
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Aug. 30, 2014
Graphic image depicts alleged bullying-related injuries to a young girl named AvaLynn.
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Aug. 29, 2014
Is a video showing a Reese's Peanut Butter Cups maggot infestation real?
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Aug. 29, 2014
Does the ALS not use a huge portion of Ice Bucket Challenge donations for providing services to ...
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Aug. 27, 2014
Will McDonald's Halloween Happy Meals contain Ouija boards this year?
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Aug. 26, 2014
This claim about taxes quietly imposed as part of the Affordable Care Act has been circulating f ...
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Aug. 25, 2014
Among the claims made in a viral graphic are that Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes do not contain ...
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Aug. 25, 2014
Reports that the creator of 'Breaking Bad' has announced the series will return for a sixth seas ...
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Aug. 25, 2014 (Updated: Aug. 21, 2020)
"This is beyond outrageous," reads the copy-and-paste text that has appeared in email forwards a ...
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Aug. 25, 2014
Rumor: George Zimmerman was arrested while visiting Ferguson, Missouri.
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Aug. 25, 2014
Celebrity death hoax claims actor Sylvester Stallone been killed in a car accident.
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Aug. 24, 2014
The governor of Iowa did not charter a flight to summarily return 124 undocumented children to H ...
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Aug. 22, 2014
A group of teenagers re-enacting the plot of the film 'The Purge 2' in Chicago murdered over 11 ...
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Aug. 21, 2014
A student in Tennessee claims she was suspended for saying 'bless you' to a classmate who sneezed.
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Aug. 21, 2014
Another 'Pay It Forward' phenomenon has hit Starbucks, this time with around 400 patrons buying ...
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Aug. 21, 2014
A photograph seemingly captures a sign bearing an ominous threat from an Islamic group.
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Aug. 20, 2014
Rumors about a 'real life Purge' continue to spread on social media sites.
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