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 16, 2015
Rumor: Photographs show the streets of an east Asian city after a heavy rain deposited fish on them.
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April 15, 2015
Rumor: Country singer Tim McGraw is playing a concert to benefit an 'anti-gun' group.
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April 15, 2015
"Critics fear genetically modified cannabis will mix with other strains and could destroy the di ...
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April 14, 2015
Rumor: A video clip captures two angels flying over Brazil.
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April 14, 2015
Rumor: President Obama has limited churches to offering twice-monthly services.
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April 14, 2015
Rumor: A KKK chapter successfully sued a black-owned bakery for refusing to provide them with a ...
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April 14, 2015
Fauxtography: Photographs show female hunters posing with the bodies of giraffes they've killed.
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April 13, 2015
Gary Harrington was sentenced followed several years of legal dispute over what the state contin ...
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April 13, 2015
Rumor: Comedian Martin Lawrence has been found dead in a hotel room.
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April 10, 2015
Whether or not you pay sales tax when purchasing American flags depends on what state you live in.
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April 10, 2015
Rumor: Senator Rand Paul said abortion is worse than the Holocaust because abortion victims are ...
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April 10, 2015
Rumor: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski publicly criticized President Obama just after Duke won a nati ...
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April 8, 2015
"It just always bothered me every single time I walked by it."
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April 8, 2015
Fauxtography: Photographs purportedly show Nevada's colorful Fly Geyser.
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April 8, 2015
Fauxtography: Photograph shows a bobcat pulling a shark from the ocean.
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April 8, 2015
Rumor: A woman on death row in North Carolina has requested a live kitten for her last meal.
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April 7, 2015
Rumor: A new law makes smoking illegal in vehicles carrying passengers under age 18.
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April 7, 2015
Fake news reports the White House used passages from the Quran during their annual Easter Egg Roll.
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April 7, 2015
Information about computer viruses and virus hoaxes.
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April 7, 2015
Rumors of a cell phone virus disguised as a video called the 'Dance of the Pope' (or 'Dance of t ...
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