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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Jan. 14, 2014
Will the use of E15 gasoline damage engines and/or void warranties of many types of cars?
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Jan. 13, 2014
Is the consumption of farm-raised tilapia and other fish imported from China a health risk? May ...
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Jan. 12, 2014
Digital manipulation of video effects has often been employed to create the appearance of a tech ...
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Jan. 12, 2014
Rumor: Ten U.S. states are ending the practice of requiring child support payments.
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Jan. 12, 2014
Are all U.S. stores going to stop accepting coupons as of 1 July 2014 due to 'Extreme Couponing' ...
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Jan. 12, 2014
Have the Seattle Seahawks banned California residents from buying tickets to the NFC Championshi ...
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Jan. 12, 2014
Has WalMart announced they will no longer accept EBT transactions as a form of payment?
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Jan. 10, 2014
Inaccurate reporting about a contempt case made it seem as if a man was sentenced to jail for pa ...
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Jan. 9, 2014
A phishing scam is being spread via PG&E and Atmos billing statements.
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Jan. 9, 2014
News: A cache of orichalcum, a rare and ancient alloy, was discovered off the coast of Sicily.
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Jan. 9, 2014
Has a gigantic squid washed ashore along the California coastline?
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Jan. 7, 2014
'Secret lists' supposedly reveal the hidden price tag coding to bargains at Target and Costco st ...
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Jan. 7, 2014
Photograph shows a Bigfoot shot and killed by a hunter in San Antonio?
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Jan. 6, 2014
Is Facebook blocking links to the web site for Kirk Cameron's film 'Unstoppable'?
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Jan. 6, 2014
Rumor: Gang members removing lug nuts from the tires of cars with police markings or support sti ...
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Jan. 6, 2014
Photograph shows a woman who suffered a severe infection after the application of henna?
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Jan. 5, 2014
Has a series of underground atomic explosions taken place at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukus ...
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Jan. 5, 2014
Does a store in Colorado accept food stamps towards the purchase of food items containing marijuana?
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Jan. 3, 2014
Was North Korean official Jang Sung-taek executed by being thrown into a cage with 120 starved dogs?
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Jan. 2, 2014
Horrible video from 2010 shows a girl pulling puppies from a bucket and throwing them into a river.
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