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 12, 2015
News: A cocoon of Brazilian wandering spiders was found in a bunch of Tesco bananas.
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March 11, 2015
News: A rumored Amazon pricing glitch led to $15 Doc Martens and other unbelievable deals.
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March 10, 2015
If so, it had better leave the gold behind.
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March 10, 2015
News: Forty-seven Republican senators sent a letter to Iran advising them on a potential nuclear ...
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March 10, 2015
Rumor: Facebook is deleting likes generated by now-inactive accounts.
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March 10, 2015
Rumor: A photograph shows a family of five posing with an elephant they killed.
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March 10, 2015
Rumor: A Facebook user asked whether she could get a prenuptial agreement to protect her welfare ...
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March 9, 2015
Texting the word 'HUNGER' to 35350 will no longer prompt Sam's Club to donate the equivalent 12 ...
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March 9, 2015
Rumor: An ISIS jihadist converted to Christianity after being left for dead and rescued by Chris ...
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March 9, 2015
Rumor: Dynamic Pet Products Real Ham Bone have caused several dogs to fall ill and die.
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March 9, 2015
Rumor: Students at UC Irvine implemented a ban on the U.S. flag.
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March 6, 2015 (Updated: Nov. 14, 2022)
Contrary to rumor, then-President Obama did not advocate issuing an executive order to rename th ...
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March 6, 2015
Silly Putty was once a favorite playtime toy for many children.
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March 6, 2015
Breitbart, not President Obama, said that 'Muslims built the very fabric of our nation'
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March 5, 2015
Rumor: Organizers of a barbecue event in Alabama forced participants to remove American flags fr ...
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March 5, 2015
Rumor: Photograph depicts an admissions rejection letter sent by Harvard College.
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March 5, 2015
Rumor: Korean McDonald's locations sell a burger made from dog meat.
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March 5, 2015
Rumor: Ted Nugent said that Native Americans should 'go back where they came from.'
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March 5, 2015
Rumor: Developers plan to build a super mall in the Grand Canyon.
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March 4, 2015
Rumor: Nabisco has announced they will be producing Fried Chicken Oreos.
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