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
Feb. 17, 2015
Rumor: A $100 Target coupon circulated via Facebook is real.
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Feb. 17, 2015
Rumor: Celebrity chef Guy Fieri has passed away at the age of 47.
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Feb. 17, 2015
Rumor: Episodes of some syndicated TV series are sped up to fit more commercials into their time ...
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Feb. 17, 2015
Rumor: TBS speeds up episodes of Seinfeld so that it can show more commercials.
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Feb. 16, 2015
Rumor: Smugglers are tricking innocent people at airports into transporting contraband in modifi ...
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Feb. 16, 2015
Rumor: An unretouched photograph of Cindy Crawford will be published in the April 2015 issue of ...
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Feb. 16, 2015
Rumor: Tim McGraw angered conservative country fans by voicing support for President Obama.
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Feb. 15, 2015
Rumor: A young child received a third-degree burn from a faulty Spider-Man watch.
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Feb. 14, 2015 (Updated: Sept. 22, 2022)
Rumors claimed that the product was being test-marketed in Romania.
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Feb. 13, 2015
Fake news reports a Fargo man was arrested for clearing snow from his property with a flamethrower.
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Feb. 13, 2015
Rumor: Hardware stores in the UK are stocking up on rope for the release of the 'Fifty Shades of ...
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Feb. 13, 2015
Rumor: Multiple lawsuits claim the WEN brand of hair care products causes hair loss.
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Feb. 13, 2015
Rumor has it that Maraschino cherries are produced using a toxic dye that has been banned for hu ...
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Feb. 12, 2015
News: A 'Family Feud' contestant gave a funny on-the-spot answer about gerbils.
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Feb. 12, 2015
News: A rumor claims that Disney may change the release date for Star Wars: Episode VII.
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Feb. 11, 2015
Rumor: A graphic image depicts a father and his daughter's body after she was electrocuted by a ...
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Feb. 11, 2015
News: A Facebook user's status update decried the anti-vaccine movement after her 15-day-old son ...
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Feb. 11, 2015
News: 19-year-old Alecia Faith Pennington claims she cannot prove her natural born citizenship d ...
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Feb. 11, 2015
News: Target has started to sell 'Fifty Shades of Grey' sex toys.
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Feb. 10, 2015
News: Photojournalist Seph Lawless captured the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall eerily covered with ...
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