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
June 12, 2012
Did Oscar Wilde say 'it's very healthy to spend time alone'?
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June 11, 2012
Clint Eastwood narrated an anti-Obama 'Halftime in America' spot?
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June 10, 2012
Are the lines on red Solo brand party cups designed for measuring servings of various kinds of a ...
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June 5, 2012
Facebook will use your photograph in advertisements unless you change an account setting?
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June 4, 2012
Rumor: Facebook is 'deleting all privacy settings' and 'getting rid of its privacy policy.'
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June 4, 2012
"WARNING: Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow!"
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June 3, 2012
Letter advocates moving a 'Deer Crossing' sign to a road with less traffic?
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May 31, 2012
A virus known as LQP-79 produces 'zombie-like' cannibalistic behavior in humans?
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May 30, 2012 (Updated: July 6, 2022)
A circulated video clip claims to show an Australian politician being interviewed about an oil t ...
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May 30, 2012 (Updated: April 9, 2015)
The numeric codes found on produce stickers may or may not reliably identify how those produce i ...
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May 30, 2012
Scammers claim a government grant will pay your utility bill in full for one month, then take yo ...
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May 29, 2012
Messages offering the removal of a Facebook Timeline harbor a computer virus?
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May 28, 2012
An Animal Planet program that supposedly revealed the existence of mermaids was a fake documentary.
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May 28, 2012
Is a 15-year-old boy named Pierce Crowley missing from his New York home?
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May 22, 2012
Does Lowe's sell American flag doormats?
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May 22, 2012
Photograph shows Michelle Obama at the Kids' Choice Awards?
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May 22, 2012
How many of us can grow our own names?
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May 21, 2012
Did A celebrity guesting on a radio program announce Sonny Tufts' name with bewildered amazement?
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May 21, 2012
Cody Green, a 12-year-old boy with leukemia, was made an honorary member of the U.S. Marines?
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May 20, 2012
A supposed photograph of a solar eclipse taken from space was actually a digital creation.
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