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 4, 2015
Rumor: KFC has obtained a license to start selling marijuana in their Colorado restaurants.
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March 4, 2015
Rumor: Nabisco has announced they will be producing Fried Chicken Oreos.
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March 4, 2015
Rumor: Image shows a children's textbook with a passage stating that only white people can be ra ...
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March 4, 2015
Rumor: General Motors is resurrecting the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am for 2015.
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March 3, 2015
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March 3, 2015
Rumor: 12-year-old CJ Pearson was suspended from Facebook because he criticized President Obama.
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March 3, 2015
Rumor: Mattel has started selling a Burka Barbie doll for the toy's 50th anniversary.
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March 3, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin said that abolishing slavery enabled President Obama's election and worried t ...
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March 3, 2015
Rumor: A pending ballot initiative would make homosexuality a capital crime in California.
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March 2, 2015
Rumor: First Lady Michelle Obama has proposed a 'Hug A Muslim' day to replace Columbus Day.
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March 2, 2015
Rumor: Photograph depicts an intact gestational sac resulting from a miscarriage.
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March 2, 2015
The tale bears many common features of an old urban legend, including a horrifying twist ending ...
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March 2, 2015
Rumor: In 2014 President Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli jets planning an attack on Iran' ...
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March 1, 2015
A rare condition known as 'tetrachromacy' can be identified with a simple online test.
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Feb. 28, 2015
Rumor: Instagram has banned posting of the phrase 'I am a born again follower of Jesus.'
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Feb. 27, 2015
News: 'Star Trek' actor Leonard Nimoy has passed away at the age of 83.
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Feb. 27, 2015
Rumor: Mothers with tattoos risk passing 'fetal ink syndrome' on to their children.
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Feb. 27, 2015
Rumor: 'American Sniper' star Bradley Cooper is engaged to Taya Kyle.
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Feb. 27, 2015
Rumor: Amateur scuba divers discovered a long-lost nuclear warhead off the coast of Georgia.
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Feb. 27, 2015
Rumor: An Oregon school punished a young child for tardiness by placing him behind a cardboard b ...
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