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
April 25, 2013
Did the accused Boston Marathon bombers collect welfare benefits while on U.S. government watch ...
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April 24, 2013
Michelle Obama visited a Saudi national injured in the Boston Marathon bombings but not an Ameri ...
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April 24, 2013
Photographs show Nick Vujicic, a man born without limbs.
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April 23, 2013
Is a boy named Michael Novenche undergoing chemotherapy to kill a brain tumor?
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April 23, 2013
Grandmother requests prayers for Madison Marie Crowder, a 6-month-old girl suffering from pneumonia?
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April 23, 2013
Photograph shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in police custody with no inj ...
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April 23, 2013
Did Sarah Palin call for an invasion of the Czech Republic in response to the Boston Marathon bo ...
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April 23, 2013
Can you get free Sony PSP consoles for forwarding an e-mail message?
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April 23, 2013
Can you claim a share of a class action settlement from PayPal?
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April 23, 2013
Dunkin' Donuts outlets are giving away free iced coffees on 21 March 2007.
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April 23, 2013
Are Krispy Kreme outlets giving away free doughnuts on 3 June 2005?
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April 23, 2013
Can you can apply on a web site to claim your share of the settlement of a CD price-fixing lawsuit?
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April 23, 2013
Is a 13-year-old girl named Kathlee Hennigan missing from her Zachary, Louisiana, home?
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April 23, 2013
Has Shadowcrew charged $149.95 to your credit card?
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April 23, 2013
Has your eBay account been suspended 'due to credit card verification problems'?
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April 23, 2013
Will cellular providers donate $1 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation every time a particular text ...
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April 22, 2013
Richard Blum, the husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein, obtained a contract to broker sales of US ...
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April 22, 2013
Photograph shows a police officer delivering milk to a Watertown family during a stay-in-place o ...
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April 22, 2013
The flowering plant heliotrope is toxic to dogs and can cause death to those who ingest it?
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