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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May 31, 2010
A photograph showing a kayaker crossing the gaping jaws of a humpback whale is a digital fabrica ...
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May 27, 2010
"Wake up people, stop talking on cell phones and texting while trying to drive!"
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May 26, 2010
E-mail notification from iTunes offers a free $50 gift certificate.
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May 25, 2010
Critics falsely claimed that Barack Obama was the only U.S. president not to lay a wreath at Arl ...
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May 25, 2010
Starting in 2011, will all employees have to pay taxes on the value of health insurance provided ...
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May 24, 2010
Did a Charley's Grilled Subs outlet in Stockton, California, refuse service to two U.S. Marines?
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May 23, 2010
Photographs show an airplane engine damaged by volcanic ash?
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May 22, 2010
A U.N. small arms treaty signed by the U.S. provides a 'legal way around the 2nd Amendment'?
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May 19, 2010
The Facebook group 'Becoming a father or mother was the greatest gift of my life' was not create ...
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May 18, 2010
Photographs show activists displaying defaced U.S. and Arizona flags during a protest over an Ar ...
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May 17, 2010
Prayer requests for the LeBleu family of Louisiana, who lost four daughters in a house fire, sta ...
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May 17, 2010
Prayers are requested for Audri King, a 2-year-old Oklahoma girl battling cancer?
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April 30, 2010 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2022)
While it’s a neat-sounding statistic, common sense rules it out.
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April 28, 2010
Grossly exaggerated version of an anti-terrorism presentation warns about women in burqas buying ...
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April 27, 2010
A viral alert warns about neighborhood residents finding unexploded Drano "bottle bombs" in thei ...
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April 27, 2010
Stalker tracks women by offering Ugg boots for sale?
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April 26, 2010
Thailand donated 50,000 bottles of whitening skin cream to Haiti?
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April 25, 2010 (Updated: Oct. 12, 2022)
Some people believe that storing batteries in a fridge or freezer will help them not lose their ...
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April 24, 2010
Does a provision of health care legislation impose a 3.8% sales tax on all home sales?
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April 20, 2010
Fauxtography: Photographs purportedly show furniture and a floating automobile carved from wood.
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