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 18, 2010
Video shows a truck pushing an automobile trapped in front of its grille?
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March 17, 2010
Photograph shows Girls Aloud posing at the Disney Kids Awards with removed underwear?
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March 16, 2010
Photographs show Molly, a horse with a prosthetic leg.
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March 12, 2010
The basketball coaching job of Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother, was saved by the hasty ...
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March 10, 2010
A viral photograph doesn't really show a pregnant woman waiting to welcome home a military husba ...
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March 10, 2010
Has WalMart authorized U.S. law enforcement to enter their stores and arrest any illegal immigra ...
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March 10, 2010
Has President Obama announced plans to ban recreational fishing in the U.S.?
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March 9, 2010
A video showing a wrecking ball smashing into a passing van is very convincing.
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March 7, 2010
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin said he wanted to perform "some appropriate symbolic act regardi ...
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March 4, 2010
Can a form of malware can be activated by prompting Internet Explorer users to press the F1 key?
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March 3, 2010
Messages appearing to come from Facebook friends and directing recipients to view YouTube videos ...
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March 3, 2010
Photograph shows roses bred to grow multi-colored petals?
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March 3, 2010
Photograph shows roses bred to grow multi-colored petals?
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March 3, 2010
Mortimer Zuckerman penned 'The Fall of Barack Obama,' an editorial critical of President Obama?
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March 2, 2010
A 17-year-old girl named Chelsea King is missing from her San Diego-area home.
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Feb. 26, 2010
Did the Department of Defense deny a request for a military flyover at the 2009 'God and Country ...
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Feb. 25, 2010
Photographs show a distinctive 150-ft x 124-ft yacht known as a WHY?
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Feb. 25, 2010
Photograph shows a 'Welcome to Kenya' sign identifying that country as the birthplace of Barack ...
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Feb. 23, 2010
Escape kits were smuggled to some Allied POWs during World War II by being cleverly concealed in ...
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Feb. 23, 2010
Did Barack Obama really graduate from Columbia University?
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