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: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
April 12, 2016
Some quotes are documented in history and textbooks, while others appear nowhere but the internet.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 10, 2016
Radar Online reported that the popular actor is a "tragic shell of his former self" and "his bat ...
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April 10, 2016
Glurge describes a generous patron who paid the restaurant tab for seven different families and ...
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April 7, 2016
The singer/songwriter and guitarist with famous cousins has passed away, according to his Facebo ...
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April 6, 2016
"The young man was caught by the throat by the alligator, who dragged him underwater and drowned ...
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April 3, 2016
Fake news reports an Idaho woman is suing Kotex for $1.4 million dollars because she claims one ...
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April 1, 2016
A Texas man shared an upsetting account of his family's painful experience with their state's s ...
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March 30, 2016
A photograph supposedly showing inhumane "veal crates" is actually a picture of hutches used for ...
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March 25, 2016
The origin of the name of one of the most significant days in the Christian calendar is not quit ...
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March 19, 2016
Fake news reports that the Doors singer, who passed away in 1971, has been found alive in a Pari ...
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March 18, 2016
Some Kindle users will need to install a mandatory update by March 22 in order to continue using ...
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March 13, 2016
Fake news reports that an African-American supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
March 3, 2016
A photograph said to show Bernie Sanders at a 1962 sit-in was the subject of considerable disput ...
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
Feb. 29, 2016
“Contraception wasn’t very popular in those days,” he told local reporters in his defense.
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Feb. 28, 2016
A derogatory quote about gay pride long attributed to former first lady Nancy Reagan is of uncer ...
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
Feb. 22, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 22, 2018)
California did pass a law intended to increase voter turnout, but the state has not made it lega ...
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Feb. 17, 2016
The term "superdelegates" has been tossed around since New Hampshire's primary, but why do they ...
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Feb. 14, 2016
Recent reports suggest the Super Bowl-winning quarterback may not be as squeaky clean as his ima ...
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Feb. 10, 2016
A store in Riyadh was temporarily closed to women while a functional "gender segregation wall" w ...
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