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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July 22, 2012
An item criticizing multiple aspects of the Social Security system gets nearly everything wrong.
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July 22, 2012
Video shows the gymnast granddaughter of Olympic champion Nadia Comaneci?
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July 22, 2012
Is a 14-year-old girl named Shy'ann Michelle Renee Wells missing from her California home?
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July 22, 2012
Is a 15-year-old girl named Ellie Mae Ashley missing from her Nottinghamshire home.?
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July 19, 2012
Prayers are requested for Zayne, a 12-year-old boy injured in an accident?
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July 18, 2012
Will Disney replace damaged or broken DVDs for a small fee?
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July 18, 2012
A commencement speech by the Commanding Officer of Fort Benning touched off riots that killed 11 ...
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July 17, 2012
Were uniforms for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team made in China?
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July 16, 2012
A photograph purportedly captures the moment torero Álvaro Múnera became an opponent of bullfights.
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July 16, 2012
Is President Bush responsible for a 17% increase in Medicare premiums?
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July 16, 2012
Groups of wild elephants traveled miles to visit Lawrence Anthony's home?
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July 15, 2012
Was singer Bret Michaels killed in a Jet-Ski accident?
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July 14, 2012
The story of how a few different images came together to form a tall (or long) tale.
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July 13, 2012
'Of course I'll win, I'm the white guy,' said Mitt Romney.
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July 11, 2012 (Updated: March 20, 2015)
"Leo the Lion" has been featured in Goldwyn Pictures Corporation's logo since the early 20th cen ...
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July 9, 2012
Rumor: Edward Krawetz, a police officer convicted of assault for kicking a handcuffed woman, is ...
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July 8, 2012
Barack Obama is not the only president who has not visited the D-Day Monument on D-Day.
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July 8, 2012
Are persons in Oregon obtaining free animals through Craigslist ads to use for target shooting p ...
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July 8, 2012
Opinion piece expresses Charles Krauthammer's thoughts on Chief Justice John Roberts and the Sup ...
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July 6, 2012
The Dream Act grants amnesty to all illegal aliens residing in the United States if they agree t ...
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