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
Dec. 6, 2013
HealthCare.gov was developed on a no-bid contract at a cost overrun of $634 million by a Canadia ...
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Dec. 5, 2013
Was a man convicted of manslaughter for accidentally killing his wife with a 'Dutch oven'?
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Dec. 5, 2013
The opening line of the Christmas carol is not a reference to the Lord's bestowing might upon Ch ...
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Dec. 4, 2013 (Updated: Nov. 14, 2022)
A photo taken while Bush visited U.S. troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving in 2003 was mistaken for a ...
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Dec. 3, 2013
Have Christmas lights been banned in Cardwell, Australia, due to complaints from Muslim residents?
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Dec. 3, 2013
Did NASA announce that the Curiosity Rover found a message from God on Mars?
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Dec. 1, 2013
Photograph purportedly shows a python that ate a drunken man in India, but that same python has ...
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Nov. 30, 2013
Use of the term 'Black Friday' to describe the day after Thanksgiving did not originate with acc ...
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Nov. 30, 2013
Was actor Paul Walker killed in a car crash?
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Nov. 30, 2013
A spoof of consumerist hysteria from the Onion reported violent incidents stemming from shoppers ...
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Nov. 30, 2013
Did a woman kill three shoppers at a Denver WalMart in order to snare that store's last 85-inch ...
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Nov. 27, 2013
Fake news reported hat a 93-year-old woman shot and killed one of a group of thugs who were atte ...
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Nov. 26, 2013
A photograph purportedly captured a rare seven-headed snake found in Honduras.
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Nov. 26, 2013
Are Greek citizens self-inflicting HIV in order to collect government benefits?
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Nov. 25, 2013 (Updated: Nov. 14, 2022)
Sarah Palin has been a lightning rod for controversy ... and fake quotes.
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Nov. 25, 2013
Did a 60-year-old woman kill two teenagers who were attempting to make her a 'knockout game' victim?
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Nov. 24, 2013
The provenance of a recording of chirping crickets that sounds like a human chorus is highly que ...
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Nov. 24, 2013
Is the Bitstrips app a trojan horse that gives the NSA secret access to personal user information?
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Nov. 18, 2013
Was a U.S. serviceman in uniform refused service at the Posh Bagel in Davis, California?
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Nov. 18, 2013
An Aldi supplier provided the chain with meat products containing horsemeat, but that happened ( ...
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