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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June 23, 2014
Rumor: A death row inmate was released from prison after two execution attempts failed.
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June 23, 2014
Rumor: Doctors discovered that a pregnant woman's unborn daughter was also pregnant.
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June 19, 2014
"Seeking a more humane method of carrying out capital punishment, Ohio's new machine yanks inmat ...
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June 19, 2014
Did Stephanie Courtney, the actress who plays Flo in commercials for Progressive Insurance, die ...
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June 18, 2014
Is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis slated for demolition in early 2015?
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June 18, 2014
Did Rep. Paul Ryan say 'The poor are like stray cats. If we continue to feed them we will never ...
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June 17, 2014
According to a hoax news story, the removal occurred at President Obama's behest.
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June 16, 2014
Giving your dog ice or ice water on a hot day is not likely to cause your pet to die from bloati ...
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June 15, 2014
This weepy tale sounds like something out of a movie.
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June 12, 2014
Did a study reveal that 1 out of every 3 Americans has been implanted with an RFID microchip?
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June 11, 2014
You're old enough to vote and fight and smoke, but not to drink.
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June 10, 2014
Photograph purportedly shows Mohammed Fazl, a Taliban prisoner exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl, posi ...
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June 9, 2014
Has President Obama signed a bill forgiving all student loans taken out within the last ten years?
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June 8, 2014
Does an image show a newspaper account of a kitten who nearly died from being fed a vegan diet?
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June 8, 2014
Account describes efforts by entrepreneur Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, to evade paying hi ...
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June 8, 2014
During a Fox News interview, did Michele Bachmann say the U.S. could 'use a President like Benja ...
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June 5, 2014
Reports that the notorious criminal is being let out of prison are fake news.
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May 30, 2014
Has the Kenyan government released '11 exclusive documents' suggesting that Barack Obama was bor ...
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May 27, 2014
The Facebook 'Identify TV and Music' app uses your phone's microphone to listen, but it doesn't ...
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May 27, 2014
Using misleading photographs to impugn the patriotism of the Obamas became a cottage industry.
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