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 22, 2015
Bette Davis is rumored to have landed her role in 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' through pla ...
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April 22, 2015
Rumor: In 2015 the FDA issued a recall for children's Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl products.
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April 21, 2015
Since the very first Earth Day, rumors have been floated linking the date to the birthday of Vla ...
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April 21, 2015
Rumor: Television personality Rosie O'Donnell got an ISIS tattoo in support of the Islamic State ...
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April 21, 2015
Rumor: Fox has cancelled the second season of 'Empire.'
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April 21, 2015
Rumor: Facebook is donating $1 per share to a medical fund for a baby born with his heart outsid ...
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April 20, 2015
Let's take a closer look.
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April 20, 2015
A viral story about a couple who got rich quick finding a limited edition collector's item in a ...
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April 20, 2015
"Sticky-fingered stoners repeatedly swiped the 420 marker."
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April 20, 2015
Rumor: Preparing 'Engagement Chicken' (a lemon and herb flavored roast chicken dish) will inspir ...
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April 18, 2015
Rumor: snopes.com has named the group 'Stop the World, the Teabaggers Want Off' as the & ...
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April 17, 2015
Are we Republicans or Democrats? Conservatives or liberals?
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April 17, 2015
Mailbag: Why you should pay attention to the calendar.
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April 17, 2015
Rumor: A graphic image set illustrates the gruesome fates of two copper thieves in Dallas.
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April 17, 2015
Rumor: A father attempted to sell his toddler son on Craigslist to fund the purchase of a new Ap ...
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April 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton and Adolf Hitler didn't issue similar statements about putting the needs of soci ...
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April 16, 2015
Fake news report holds that a retired CIA agent admitted in a deathbed confession that he assass ...
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April 16, 2015
Rumor: ISIS has been recruiting children in Indiana to join a group called 'Daesh.'
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April 16, 2015
Rumor: The 'Peanuts' comic strip was renamed 'Radishes' in some international newspapers because ...
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April 16, 2015
Rumor: Photographs show the streets of an east Asian city after a heavy rain deposited fish on them.
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