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
March 13, 2014
Did the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad blow up Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370?
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March 13, 2014
Rumor: Photograph shows the killer Volat-Araneus 'flying spider' due to migrate to the UK this year.
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March 12, 2014
Was Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 made to disappear so one party could gain control of a multip ...
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March 12, 2014
A home pregnancy kit can detect testicular cancer in some circumstances, but it's not a reliable ...
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March 12, 2014
Photograph shows a 'pigfish' with distinctively porcine ears and snout.
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March 12, 2014
This story originated on a satirical website in March 2014.
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March 11, 2014
Is Chipotle offering free food via an online coupon?
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March 11, 2014
Are 'Facebook companies' contributing money towards the medical care of a 9-year-old rape victim ...
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March 10, 2014
A phishing scam is being spread via purported 'stop list' notifications from various airlines.
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March 10, 2014
Is gospel singer Marvin Sapp linked to the disappearance of Dr. Teleka Patrick?
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March 9, 2014
Rumor: A 200-million-year old dinosaur egg recently hatched in a Berlin museum.
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March 7, 2014
Rumor: Facebook will be banning all posts expressing religious beliefs.
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March 6, 2014
Is Instagram overloaded and about to cancel the accounts of users who don't follow the instructi ...
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March 6, 2014
Rumor: Swishing plant oils in your mouth ameliorates a variety of medical ailments.
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March 5, 2014
As of 30 March 2014, will Facebook be requiring that all account holders provide a photocopy of ...
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March 5, 2014
Has Facebook instituted a 'no marijuana' campaign and threatened to terminate the accounts of us ...
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March 3, 2014
Would proposed legislation bar NFL teams from employing homosexual players?
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March 2, 2014
Was Mickey Rourke killed in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland?
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March 2, 2014
Rumor: Pope Francis declared at the Third Vatican Council that 'all religions are true.'
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Feb. 28, 2014
Rumor: A federal court upheld a ruling that school officials acted correctly in requiring studen ...
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