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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June 4, 2011
Does the clothing line FUBU take its name from 'For Us By Us'?
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June 3, 2011
Television service providers charge tornado victims for lost equipment and early contract cance ...
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June 3, 2011
Dr. Arieh Eldad wrote about a burn center patient turned suicide bomber.
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June 2, 2011
Has Medal of Honor recipient Van T. Barfoot been barred from flying the U.S. flag outside his home?
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May 31, 2011
E-mailed notification of failed transfer from NACHA.
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May 25, 2011
Fauxtography: Photographs purportedly show an angry elephant overturning an automobile in a game ...
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May 24, 2011
Does Ping provide wounded veterans with free lessons and golf clubs?
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May 23, 2011
A video seemingly captures Tampa Bay infielder Evan Longoria making an amazing bare-handed catc ...
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May 22, 2011
The notion that President John F. Kennedy referred to himself as a jelly doughnut in his famous ...
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May 17, 2011
Now that's a snake... a King Brown in Branxton, NSW, Australia.
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May 16, 2011
Rumor: A hacker is stealing personal info by spreading messages with links to 'Visit the New Fac ...
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May 16, 2011
Are Exer-Hide chew toys contaminated with toxins or rubber bands?
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May 13, 2011
Fauxtography: Photographs purportedly show the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton matc ...
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May 11, 2011
Husband loses false teeth after prankingly swapping them with his wife's.
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May 10, 2011
Can Baby Orajel cause infants to stop breathing and turn blue?
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May 6, 2011
Is the FBI after you for visiting 'illegal websites'?
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May 5, 2011
Photographs show the corpse of Osama bin Laden.
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May 4, 2011
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., did not say he 'will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an e ...
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May 3, 2011
Homeowner wrecks his house and an expensive new car in an attempt to kill moles.
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April 30, 2011
Is 17-month-old Stephanie Alsbrook missing?
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