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. 9, 2012
A four-year study found that Fox News viewers have IQs 20 points lower than average?
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Dec. 6, 2012
Account describes Ford dealer's encounter with a customer collecting disability benefits?
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Dec. 6, 2012
Christmas cards are requested for Dalton Dingus, a 9-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis.
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Dec. 3, 2012
Is Shania Twain the great-granddaughter of Mark Twain?
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Nov. 30, 2012
Are lottery winners sharing their fortunes with social media users?
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Nov. 29, 2012 (Updated: June 14, 2021)
Photograph shows horses beneath giant furniture supposedly constructed to skirt a prohibition ag ...
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Nov. 28, 2012
Image presents information about Costco CEO James Sinegal?
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Nov. 28, 2012
Christmas cards are requested for Nathan Norman, a 5-year-old Virginia boy with cancer.
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Nov. 27, 2012
Expertly playing ping-pong using nunchaku rather than a paddle is certainly an impressive feat, ...
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Nov. 26, 2012
Did actor Jamie Foxx refer to Barack Obama as 'our lord and savior'?
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Nov. 26, 2012
Photograph shows a woman named Mallory Owens who was severely beaten because she is a lesbian?
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Nov. 25, 2012
A video shows a woman being hit by a car after fleeing her home from a prank intruder.
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Nov. 22, 2012
Is a 16-year-old girl named Skylar-Earl Neese missing from her West Virginia home?
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Nov. 21, 2012
Target is distributing free $500 vouchers or $1000 gift cards to users who click an online link ...
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Nov. 20, 2012
If electors from one-third of the states decline to cast Electoral College ballots, the next U.S ...
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Nov. 19, 2012
George Washington was the first United States president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation.
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Nov. 19, 2012
Did Hostess executives receive large pay increases while the company was preparing a bankruptcy ...
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Nov. 12, 2012 (Updated: March 17, 2021)
A Czech newspaper editorial purportedly claimed the U.S. was endangered by the people who electe ...
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Nov. 12, 2012
Fifteen states have filed petitions to secede from the United States?
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Nov. 8, 2012
Would uncounted military absentee ballots delivered after the voting deadline have won the 2012 ...
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