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, 2007
Photograph taken on an Australian beach captures fireworks, lightning, and a comet.
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May 14, 2007
Missing Georgia girl: Madeleine McCann.
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May 12, 2007
Photographs show Asian law enforcement officials negotiating with a suspect who was holding chil ...
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May 11, 2007
Drinking bleach will help users beat drug testing?
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May 11, 2007
New residents in unfamiliar housing circumstances adapt in unusual ways.
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May 9, 2007
The boy's father said he initially thought the letter was a "sick joke."
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May 8, 2007
"Why hasn't the FBI been called in to investigate this as a hate crime?" Because nobody thought ...
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May 7, 2007
A photograph purportedly shows the remains of an 8-inch, mummified fairy found in Derbyshire.
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May 5, 2007
Photograph shows a snake pulling a cow out of the water.
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May 2, 2007
Does a stairway at Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel miraculously stand despite having no discernable me ...
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May 2, 2007
The fake story of two undocumented immigrants burglarizing a home and being killed by a little g ...
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May 1, 2007
Baskin-Robbins outlets will be offering free ice cream to pregnant women on 21 May 2008.
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April 27, 2007
Japanese pet owners were victimized by swindlers who sold them sheep and told them they were poo ...
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April 26, 2007
Does the QE2 use a gallon of fuel for every six inches she travels?
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April 25, 2007
Southwest Airlines provides free air travel to those who have AIDS or herpes?
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April 24, 2007
Public prayer is prohibited at Steak n Shake restaurants?
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April 23, 2007
A letter to the editor suggested the early start to Daylight Saving Time worsened the effects of ...
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April 21, 2007 (Updated: Sept. 13, 2022)
The purported quote reads, "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would ...
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April 19, 2007
Contrary to common belief, it is not illegal to pick bluebonnets in Texas.
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April 18, 2007
An image of two officers carrying the McDonald's mascot is a genuine photo taken near the Ronald ...
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