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
March 23, 2015
Rumor: A veteran injured during the 1945 battle of Iwo Jima finally came out of his coma 69 year ...
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March 23, 2015
Rumor: Studies have shown that children who are vaccinated are 85% more likely to inject heroin ...
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March 23, 2015
FALSE: The FDA has approved an Ativan diffuser for use in hospitals.
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March 23, 2015
Rumor: Ted Cruz is ineligible to serve as President of the United States because he was born in ...
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March 20, 2015
Fauxtography: Photographs show an area in Japan rebuilt a year after the 2011 earthquake/tsunami.
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March 20, 2015
Rumor: Kids are rubbing Burt's Bees lip balm on their eyelids to get high.
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March 20, 2015
Fauxtography: Photograph shows a view of a solar eclipse taken from the International Space Station.
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March 20, 2015
Rumor: A New York high school has forced students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic.
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March 19, 2015
News: Retailer TJ Maxx pulled a t-shirt that featured a picture of a noose and the slogan 'hang ...
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March 19, 2015
Rumor: Photograph shows a furry albino tarantula.
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March 19, 2015
Rumor: President Obama has proposed a constitutional amendment to make voting mandatory in the U.S.
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March 18, 2015
Photographs purportedly capture the spot where two oceans merge in the Gulf of Alaska.
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March 18, 2015
Rumor: Kraft Foods has recalled 242,000 cases of their Macaroni & Cheese Dinner due to possible ...
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March 17, 2015
Hillary Rodham did not succeed in her 1973 attempt to pass the District of Columbia bar exam.
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March 17, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for President of The United States.
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March 17, 2015
An heart-rending image of a rabbit was deceptively repurposed for use in a protest against anima ...
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March 17, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin has endorsed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for President of the U ...
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March 17, 2015
Rumor: The U.S. government has been microchipping babies since 1983.
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March 17, 2015
Rumor: The movie 'Unfriended' is based on found footage and real-life events.
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