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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June 9, 2013
Photograph shows a 'super moon' over California's Sequoia National Park?
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June 8, 2013
Photograph shows a 700-lb. snake pulled from a lake in Proctor, North Carolina?
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June 7, 2013
Apocryphal account describes an imagined parting exchange between President Obama and resigning ...
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June 6, 2013
Excessive consumption of spicy snack foods can cause stomach problems in children, but no eviden ...
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June 5, 2013
Please do not put your electronic devices in the microwave.
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June 4, 2013
A somewhat mislabeled photograph shows the remarkably clear Flathead Lake in Montana.
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June 3, 2013
Fake news reports President Obama issued an executive order granting himself a $100,000 pay raise.
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June 2, 2013
Reports that the 'Pawn Stars' personality has passed away are a hoax.
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June 1, 2013 (Updated: Aug. 11, 2022)
Here's our two cents on why people use the phrase, and what some people believe are its origins.
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May 31, 2013
Rumor: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese products carry a warning label due to their use of GMO wheat.
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May 31, 2013
Photograph shows a traffic speed measurement unit embedded in a guardrail?
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May 30, 2013
Photograph shows a baby found abandoned in a national park?
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May 29, 2013
Rumor: A woman contracted breast cancer from carrying a cell phone in her bra.
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May 29, 2013
Russian president Vladimir Putin threatened the U.S. over the Obama administration's support of ...
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May 28, 2013
Were Monsanto cucumbers banned in Nova Scotia after a study found they caused genital baldness?
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May 28, 2013
The Nobel Committee has asked President Obama to return his Nobel Peace Prize?
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May 27, 2013
One legend associated with the creation of Memorial Day holds that it was started by former slav ...
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May 26, 2013
Was an Oklahoma teacher fired for praying when a tornado hit her school?
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May 22, 2013
An 18-year-old student named Cameron D'Ambrosio was arrested on terrorism charges over material ...
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