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).
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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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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: An angry mother delivered a scathing response to school officials after her daughter was ...
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Feb. 26, 2015
News: A dress that appeared white and gold to some viewers and blue and black to others captivat ...
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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: Singer Mark McGrath was shot and killed by a masked gunman on the set of 'Hot Package.'
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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: Circulating photograph set compares school lunches from other countries with paltry Ameri ...
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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: The BATF plans to ban 'green tip' ammunition due to an executive order issued by Presiden ...
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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: A military member refused to leave a tip at a restaurant because he said his service was ...
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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: A man in Sweden received medical benefits for his addiction to heavy metal music.
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Feb. 26, 2015
Rumor: A Russian actor was drugged and his testicles stolen by an attractive stranger.
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Feb. 25, 2015
Texas Rep. Joe Barton supposedly once said that 'wind is a finite resource and harnessing it wou ...
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Feb. 25, 2015
Rumor: A photograph shows a 280-pound catfish caught by an Italian fisherman.
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Feb. 25, 2015
Reports that singer Beyoncé Knowles was killed in a car crash are a hoax.
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Feb. 25, 2015
A firefighter allegedly shot and killed two dogs for roaming onto his property, then bragged abo ...
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Feb. 25, 2015
Rumor: Oranges from Libya have been injected with HIV-positive blood and pose a danger of infection.
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Feb. 24, 2015
Rumor: President Obama and Hillary Clinton were officially charged in Egypt with aiding and abet ...
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Feb. 24, 2015
News: The Urban Institute has alerted non-profit groups around the country about a tax-related s ...
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Feb. 24, 2015
News: An unusual cloud formation called a Hole Punch Cloud was spotted over British Columbia.
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Feb. 24, 2015
Rumor: Jamie Dornan announced he is leaving the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie franchise.
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Feb. 24, 2015
Rumor: Actor James Earl Jones said that citizens need to carry guns to prevent the criminals fro ...
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Feb. 24, 2015
Rumor: President Obama and Hillary Clinton were criminally charged by Egyptian courts with aidin ...
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