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
April 11, 2009
Item recounts an exchange between a White House Marine guard and a VFW member?
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 11, 2009
A roadway in South Dakota will be temporarily closed to allow for the transport of a large piece ...
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April 10, 2009
Did the details of an expense account reveal an ongoing affair between an executive and his sten ...
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April 8, 2009
Essay by George Carlin laments the passing of common sense?
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April 8, 2009
Target stores with optical departments are offering free eyeglasses to children 12 and under?
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April 7, 2009
A statement purportedly reproducing President Obama's response regarding opposition to his veter ...
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April 7, 2009
Before she dies, Edith Burns, a woman who believes in Easter, convinces another woman to believe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 6, 2009
Has the U.S. has been producing 'Amero' notes, currency to be used by an economic union of the U ...
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April 6, 2009
Letter suggests fixing the U.S. economy by giving workers over age 50 $1 million each?
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April 4, 2009
Family of abortion clinic owner dies when plane crashes into Catholic cemetery that houses a 'to ...
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April 2, 2009
Patients on life support died when a San Francisco hospital shut off all its power in observance ...
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April 2, 2009
Are the Boston Red Sox postponing their 2009 home opener to avoid a conflict with Passover?
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April 1, 2009
Warnings about scammers who sell boxes supposedly containing valuable merchandise.
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April 1, 2009
The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 would eliminate home gardens and put organic farmers o ...
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March 31, 2009
On one momentous day, French physician Rene Laennec rolled a sheaf of paper into a tube and plac ...
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March 31, 2009
Photographs show Katie Kirkpatrick, a young cancer victim who passed away five days after her we ...
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March 30, 2009
Is California planning to ban black cars in order to curb global warming?
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March 29, 2009
Rumor: The news media ignored the death of Medal of Honor recipient Ed Freeman.
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March 27, 2009
"'We're reborn,' Moe explained. 'As a couple of two-pounders.'"
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2009
Information about the Conficker computer virus.
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