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. 5, 2015
News: Georgia barber gives misbehaving kids a punitive 'old man haircut.'
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Feb. 5, 2015
Rumor: A federal judge has barred black women from choosing their children's names.
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Feb. 5, 2015
Rumor: President Obama granted immunity to a CDC whistleblower to allow him to freely testify ab ...
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Feb. 4, 2015
News: Articles report a woman's breastfeeding discrimination lawsuit was without merit because m ...
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Feb. 4, 2015
News: A British woman found a strange creature in her can of tuna.
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Feb. 4, 2015
Rumor: Actor Matthew McConaughey co-owns a cattle ranch in Texas that offers canned deer hunts.
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Feb. 4, 2015
Rumor: A Google Maps image captured a man shooting a child in Chicago.
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Feb. 3, 2015
A compendium of the most popular legends and rumors associated with the Super Bowl. How many ha ...
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Feb. 3, 2015
News: A Facebook post attributed to pediatrician Mike Ginsberg explains a strong stance on vacci ...
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Feb. 3, 2015
News: A May 2014 small plane crash was blamed on the pilot's taking selfies.
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Feb. 3, 2015
News: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gave a new truck to teammate Malcolm Butler.
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Feb. 2, 2015
News: An elementary school student was suspended for threatening a classmate with a magic ring.
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Feb. 2, 2015
Rumor: Patient zero for the 2014-2015 measles outbreak was an already-vaccinated child or illega ...
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Feb. 2, 2015
Rumor: A Madden NFL 2015 simulation correctly predicted the winner and final score of the 2015 S ...
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Feb. 1, 2015
Rumor: The FBI is investigating the possible rigging of the 2014 Super Bowl.
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Feb. 1, 2015
The beloved children's author Roald Dahl lost his 7-year-old daughter Olivia to measles.
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Feb. 1, 2015
Rumor: A fan's tweets proved the results of the 2014-15 NFL season and Super Bowl were rigged.
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Feb. 1, 2015
Neither Barack Obama's nor Hillary Clinton's top adviser is Iranian: they're both American citiz ...
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Jan. 31, 2015
Fake news reports the body of a homeless man found behind a Jamaica fast food restaurant was ide ...
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Jan. 31, 2015
Many homeless transients have been found living under freeway overpasses in San Diego, but was o ...
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