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
Oct. 31, 2013
Does a photograph of a Texas restaurant reveal the presence of a ghostly little girl?
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Oct. 31, 2013
Is the U.S. government opening gas stations to distribute free gasoline in poor neighborhoods?
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Oct. 28, 2013
Actor Will Smith has not been pronounced dead after undergoing an immediate spinal surgery.
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Oct. 28, 2013
Will participating in the Facebook 'giraffe challenge' infect your computer and give hackers acc ...
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Oct. 28, 2013
Photograph shows frozen dog heads for sale in a foreign supermarket's meat section?
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Oct. 27, 2013
Reports that Dearborn, Michigan, has become the first U.S. city to implement Sharia law are junk ...
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Oct. 24, 2013
Information about the Michael Jackson Suicide Attempt computer virus.
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Oct. 24, 2013
Information about the Sober.N computer virus.
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Oct. 24, 2013
Information about the W32/VBSun-A (Tsunami Donation) mass-mailing worm.
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Oct. 24, 2013
Rumor: Photographs show automobile accidents that occurred as the result of motorists texting wh ...
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Oct. 24, 2013
Is Michele Bachmann calling for a ban on Halloween because 'the holiday is based in Satanism'?
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Oct. 24, 2013
"When Jesus celebrated Easter with his disciples, there were no Easter bunnies or egg hunts."
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Oct. 23, 2013
Did the federal insurance exchange web site accidentally enter thousands of people into a sex of ...
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Oct. 23, 2013
Warning about CryptoLocker malware that holds computer files for ransom.
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Oct. 23, 2013
Did Fox News host Megyn Kelly once refer to Native Americans as 'illegal immigrants'?
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Oct. 22, 2013
The Canadian pop star is not only not dead, but she's taking part in her 2019 ’Courage World Tour.'
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Oct. 21, 2013
Rumor: FEMA is marking mailboxes with colored dots to indicate the disposition of residents in t ...
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Oct. 21, 2013
Are Wyoming schools implanting microchips in students?
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Oct. 15, 2013
Cognitive dissonance: Using Facebook to share a photograph that has supposedly been banned by Fa ...
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Oct. 15, 2013
Rumor: President Obama ordered the U.S. military to nuke Charleston.
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