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
May 19, 2015 (Updated: Feb. 19, 2020)
Reports that the SS Cotopaxi was discovered by the Cuban Coast Guard decades after it vanished i ...
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May 19, 2015
Rumor: Facebook and CNN are contributing money towards the medical treatment of a girl born with ...
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May 18, 2015
"When buying crabs in the market look for injection marks such as these when buying crabs import ...
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May 18, 2015
Taste the rainblow?
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May 17, 2015
Fake news reports that a scientist missing for over 20 years was found living in a secret drug l ...
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May 17, 2015
Rumor: Scientists have recently documented a conclusive link between autism and agricultural pes ...
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May 17, 2015
Rumor: President Obama has pardoned Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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May 16, 2015
Rumor: Rep. Trent Franks said Pope Francis does not understand scripture, which he claimed does ...
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May 16, 2015
Rumor: A hotel restaurant in Nigeria was found to be selling human meat.
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May 16, 2015
Rumor: Wisconsin has passed a bill banning poor people from purchasing shellfish, potatoes, and ...
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May 14, 2015
Rumor: A Purina employee was arrested and charged with theft for stealing and eating $30,000 wor ...
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May 13, 2015
Rumor: Photograph shows a 57-pound, pet-eating Sonoran Desert Toad.
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May 13, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin said that it's time to elect a president with a regular name.
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May 12, 2015
Rumor: A woman was arrested for shoplifting after police found more than $100 worth of groceries ...
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May 12, 2015
A photograph reportedly shows giant humanoid skulls exposed by an earthquake or torrential rains.
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May 11, 2015
Rumor: Dell Hospital will contribute money towards the medical care of a 5-year-old rape victim ...
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May 11, 2015
Rumors that Clinton and Yoko Ono once had an affair originated from a web site that publishes ho ...
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May 11, 2015
Rumor: Actor Al Pacino has passed away at the age of 75.
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May 11, 2015
Rumor: Ted Cruz said that veterans should start selling cookies in order to raise funds.
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