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 2, 2009
Photographs show the 'parrot plant,' a plant whose flowers resemble a parrot in flight.
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June 2, 2009
An image reportedly captures a bear seconds before the ursine mauled its photographer to death.
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June 2, 2009
Text reproduces newspaper columnist's list of '45 lessons life taught me'?
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June 2, 2009
Video clip shows an F-35 executing a vertical flip on takeoff.
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June 1, 2009
Was a tourist's last photograph a close-up of a charging bull?
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June 1, 2009
Text reproduces a Pravda editorial touting the 'American descent into Marxism'?
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May 31, 2009
San Diego County officials barred a couple from holding Bible study sessions in their home witho ...
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May 31, 2009
Col. Allen B. West penned an essay about the 'Tragedy at Ft. Hood'?
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May 31, 2009
Lou Pritchett penned an 'open letter' to President Obama?
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May 26, 2009
Did Barack Obama's status as a Muslim prevent his wife from traveling with him to Islamic countries?
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May 25, 2009
Prayers are requested for a 4-year-old boy who was run over by a lawn mower?
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May 25, 2009
Rumor: President Obama implemented a new government policy prohibiting U.S. service members from ...
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May 19, 2009
These lizards are a poor customer base, as they only need one set of sunglass frames.
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May 19, 2009
Video clip shows a chameleon changing colors to match sunglass frames?
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May 19, 2009
Text of a letter sent to President Obama by a fourth grade teacher.
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May 13, 2009
Criminal gangs in Arlington are staging medical emergencies to lure drivers out of their cars an ...
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May 9, 2009
The state of Montana passed a law nullifying federal authority to regulate guns in that state?
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May 8, 2009
This rumor took multiple forms during Obama's first year as U.S. president.
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May 7, 2009
A list details legislation reportedly passed by Oklahoma in defiance 'of the federal government ...
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May 4, 2009
Woman accidentally leaves a bag of waste in her lover's apartment?
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