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. 14, 2013
A U.S. Army soldier named Ian Henderson is missing?
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Oct. 14, 2013
Item protests the awarding of World Food Prizes to persons associated with Monsanto and Syngenta.
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Oct. 13, 2013
Photograph shows a pill found in a grape purchased at WalMart?
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Oct. 13, 2013
The 2-year-old son of NFL star Adrian Peterson has died as the result of an apparent beating.
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Oct. 13, 2013
Has the Obama administration proposed a 2,300-page 'New Constitution'?
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Oct. 12, 2013
Did Pentagon sources issue a warning to Russian officials to expect a 'radical change' in the U. ...
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Oct. 8, 2013
Rumor: Video shows a woman wanted by the FBI for torturing a baby.
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Oct. 8, 2013
Vladimir Putin described negotiating with Barack Obama as being like 'playing chess with a pigeon'?
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Oct. 7, 2013
Has the AMBER Alert system been discontinued due to the federal government shutdown?
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Oct. 5, 2013
Photograph shows Mount Rushmore obscured by a helicopter-suspended sheet during the government s ...
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Oct. 5, 2013
Are Catholic priests barred from conducting religious services on U.S. military bases during the ...
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Oct. 3, 2013
Have giant mutant killer hornets created by exposure to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear pla ...
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Oct. 3, 2013
Did Senator Ted Cruz go into a shouting tirade after a Hooters restaurant refused to accept his ...
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Oct. 3, 2013
Item describes penalties for non-compliance with the PPACA individual health insurance mandate.
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Oct. 3, 2013
Does the toll-free phone number for the Obamacare national call center spell out a crude phrase?
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Oct. 3, 2013
Is President Obama using his personal funds to keep the International Museum of Muslim Cultures ...
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Oct. 2, 2013
Will the Apple iPhone 5s share user fingerprint data with the FBI and the NSA?
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Sept. 30, 2013
Is the federal government planning to eliminate 16 states from the U.S.?
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Sept. 30, 2013
Lt. Col Matthew Dooley was fired from a teaching position due to complaints from Islamic groups?
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Sept. 30, 2013
Was O.J. Simpson caught stealing cookies in prison?
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