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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Aug. 15, 2012
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Aug. 13, 2012
A photograph purportedly shows a miniature insect spy drone that can take photographs and DNA sa ...
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Aug. 12, 2012 (Updated: Dec. 14, 2020)
Rumor: NASA has announced that a multi-day worldwide blackout will occur beginning on 16 Decembe ...
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Aug. 12, 2012
Musician masters multiple-guitar part using only one guitar.
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Aug. 9, 2012
An autistic artist drew a rendering of the New York skyline from memory after a 20-minute helico ...
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Aug. 8, 2012
Caroline Kennedy said she can't stand President Obama's voice and that he's a liar?
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Aug. 7, 2012
Mitt Romney's son Alexander said that we should 'Let the unemployed fight'?
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Aug. 6, 2012
What do a Republican presidential candidate and an old Royal Navy ship have in common?
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Aug. 5, 2012
Justin Bieber befriended a fan who was raped after attending one of his concerts?
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Aug. 5, 2012
Rumors of Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen resigning and turning away from religion are fake news.
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Aug. 5, 2012
Gen. David Petraeus authored an essay about the 0.45% of the population that has served in the G ...
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Aug. 3, 2012
Is the Obama campaign seeking to restrict military voting in Ohio?
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Aug. 2, 2012
A now 15-year-old boy named Kyron Horman disappeared from his Portland, Oregon, home in June 201 ...
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Aug. 1, 2012
Ronald Reagan would have been unable to vote under current voter ID laws until 1991?
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July 31, 2012
Do U.S. Olympic medal winners have to pay taxes of up to $9,000 for each gold medal they earn?
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July 30, 2012
Photograph shows a McDonald's sign expressing support for Chick-fil-A?
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July 27, 2012 (Updated: May 8, 2020)
A prototype anti-rape device was fashioned as a female condom with teeth lining the inside.
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July 26, 2012
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
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July 25, 2012 (Updated: Aug. 22, 2022)
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun," the form ...
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July 24, 2012
The purported quote reads, "If the people let the government decide what foods they eat and what ...
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