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
March 26, 2012 (Updated: May 19, 2020)
"For 53 years, Annie Glenn was a prisoner of her own tongue, a stutterer who tripped over eight ...
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March 26, 2012
Rick Santorum said that a ban on pornography was 'one of only a few things I see eye to eye on w ...
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March 25, 2012
Nature offers many colorful surprises. Is this one of them?
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March 25, 2012
Medicare regulations do not require that doctors ask patients whether they own guns.
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March 24, 2012
Rumor: TSA confiscated nail clippers from a U.S. soldier returning from Afghanistan on a flight ...
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March 22, 2012
Graphic shows errors in a Fox News report about the killing of three French soldiers in Toulouse?
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March 22, 2012
Video clip shows a man flying with human bird wings?
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March 21, 2012
Toms Shoes is giving away free merchandise to Facebook users?
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March 18, 2012
Pro-life activists claim products from Pepsi and other major food producers are 'manufactured us ...
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March 18, 2012
Did President Obama mistake the Wisconsin state flag for a union banner?
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March 17, 2012
Hyped-up response to the NDRP held that President Obama issued an executive order giving the Pre ...
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March 15, 2012 (Updated: Sept. 15, 2022)
Despite how frequently these words are shared in his name, there appears to be no record of Jose ...
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March 15, 2012
Photograph shows a car bearing a bumper sticker with the Obama campaign logo and the slogan 'Don ...
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March 14, 2012
Facebook will donate $1 for treatment of a girl with a severely distended abdomen every time her ...
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March 14, 2012
A stray pit bull saved a woman by chasing off a knife-wielding attacker?
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March 14, 2012
Video clip shows an automobile accident on a Russian highway?
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March 14, 2012
Photograph shows a U.S. flag bearing an image of Barack Obama flying over a Florida county's Dem ...
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March 13, 2012
Are U.S. stores experiencing a rash of thefts of Tide brand laundry detergent?
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March 12, 2012
Costco is not giving out free coupons to Facebook users to celebrate the company's anniversary.
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March 12, 2012
Video clip shows Rep. Maxine Waters comments during a Congressional hearing about nationalizing ...
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