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
Jan. 4, 2012
Is 17-year-old Haley Wilson missing from her Amarillo, Texas, home?
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Jan. 4, 2012
A veterinary pathologist testified that being immersed in a can of Mountain Dew could dissolve a ...
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Jan. 3, 2012
Obamacare does not mandate that no one over 75 be given major medical procedures unless approved ...
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Jan. 3, 2012
When the target audience is teens and the topic is drinking and texting while driving, experienc ...
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Jan. 3, 2012
Here's the story of Jeff Guidry and his relationship with the bird.
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Jan. 3, 2012
The Obama Health Care Plan disallows advanced neurosurgery for patients over 70?
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Jan. 2, 2012 (Updated: Sept. 16, 2019)
Let's look at the facts.
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Jan. 2, 2012
Did the U.S. government unfairly exclude Hawker Beechcraft from bidding to supply military aircr ...
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Dec. 30, 2011
Pharmaceutical companies aren't interested in a 'simple cure for cancer' because it hasn't been ...
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Dec. 29, 2011
A message purportedly provides instructions for stopping strangers from seeing your activity on ...
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Dec. 28, 2011 (Updated: Dec. 29, 2020)
AAA affiliates in some areas offer a free towing service during the holidays for motorists who h ...
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Dec. 25, 2011
Can the striped mittenfish change its sex by turning its entire body inside out?
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Dec. 23, 2011
A photograph purportedly shows a holiday time 'thank you' sign to Jews posted by the Chinese Res ...
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Dec. 23, 2011
A Christmas card featuring a family photograph taken in jail appears to be a repurposed use of a ...
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Dec. 20, 2011
Matt Patterson wrote 'The Affirmative Action President,' an opinion piece critical of Barack Obama?
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Dec. 17, 2011
Photograph shows a Pepsi can from Iraq with an illustration reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks?
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Dec. 16, 2011
The Facebook applications 'My Birthday Calendar' and 'Holiday Card List' harbor malicious inform ...
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Dec. 15, 2011
A girl named Bella Marie Lamb has been kidnapped from her Columbia, TN, home?
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Dec. 14, 2011
Would the National Defense Authorization Act allow 'the U.S. Military to arrest American citizen ...
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Dec. 11, 2011
Seven lines of copy-and-paste text involving Rep. Nancy Pelosi's brother-in-law and a solar ener ...
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