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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March 10, 2011
A definition of the term 'urban legend.'
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March 8, 2011
Prayers are requested for an ailing 3-month-old child named Pacey Moore?
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March 7, 2011
An anonymous letter took senators Alan Simpson and Dick Durbin to task for hypocritically referr ...
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March 3, 2011
Rumor: Photograph shows a raccoon carrying a lost kitten.
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Feb. 28, 2011
Did the 'Pigford v. Glickman' lawsuit settlement pay out more than $1.25 billion, much of it to ...
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Feb. 27, 2011
Rumor: Facebook be closed for maintenance on Feb. 29, 30, and 31.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Rumor: Images show a Solar Tower to be built in Rio de Janeiro in conjunction with the 2016 Olym ...
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Feb. 22, 2011
Internet puzzler challenges readers to find an 'impossible' error.
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Feb. 17, 2011
Facebook notifications stating that someone has commented on your status point to password-steal ...
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Feb. 17, 2011
Facebook notifications stating that someone has commented on your status point to password-steal ...
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Feb. 14, 2011
A state legislator who shot an intruder in defense of his property was not a 'long-time anti-gun ...
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Feb. 14, 2011
Video clip shows 92-year-old Ginger Rogers dancing with her great-grandson?
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Feb. 13, 2011
Has the White House announced that First Lady Michelle Obama is pregnant?
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Feb. 2, 2011
A plea that 52 thoroughbred horses are destined for slaughter if adopters are not found for them ...
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Jan. 28, 2011
2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin did not say 'I can see Russia from my house.' ...
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Jan. 27, 2011
Photographs show chickens being processed for human consumption in China.
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Jan. 26, 2011
The year 2011 produces some dates with unusual combinations of 1s?
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Jan. 25, 2011
Saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction," Gov. Rick Scott signed ...
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Jan. 20, 2011
A photograph of the event shows a wooden box in front of a statue of George Washington.
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Jan. 18, 2011
List details fines for violations of California vehicle codes taking effect in 2011?
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