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
Jan. 13, 2015
News: Martin Pistorius spent twelve years of his life in a coma but was actually conscious most ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2015 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2022)
A rumor claimed that more than 60 people died in Mozambique because they consumed beer that was ...
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Jan. 12, 2015
Rumor: Several European and Americans cities have been designated Islamic 'no-go zones' where Sh ...
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Jan. 12, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin confused the French satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' with the Peanuts comic ...
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Jan. 12, 2015
Rumor: Action star Liam Neeson is in favor of gun control.
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Jan. 11, 2015
"Until today, I chose to hold my tongue."
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Jan. 10, 2015
News: George Zimmerman has been arrested on an aggravated assault charge.
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Jan. 9, 2015
Rumor: Photograph shows two people hanging a banner that reads '#BlackLivesMatter: But only when ...
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Jan. 9, 2015
Rumor: A North Carolina town was forced to remove a statue of a praying soldier from a public me ...
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Jan. 8, 2015
A McDonald's employee with the Twitter handle 'Bubba Conroy' did not admit to spitting in white ...
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Jan. 8, 2015
The nature of an object located on Baltic Sea floor was initially puzzling, but it did not prove ...
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Jan. 8, 2015
Rumor: The father of a fallen Marine returned a condolence letter from President Obama with a st ...
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Jan. 8, 2015
Rumor: A ghost ship filled with Ebola-infected rats is heading towards Florida.
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Jan. 8, 2015
Rumor: An illustration created in response to the 'Charlie Hedbo' attack was drawn by graffiti a ...
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Jan. 8, 2015
Rumor: A leaked Malia Obama selfie was obtained by a hip-hop group and posted to Instagram.
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Jan. 8, 2015
Rumor: The father of a fallen Marine returned a condolence letter from President Obama with a st ...
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Jan. 8, 2015
Rumor: Winston Churchill commented on the 'dreadful curses of Mohammedanism' in his 1899 book 'T ...
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Jan. 7, 2015
The California senator did not say that 'when a gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he wi ...
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Jan. 7, 2015
Rumor: President Obama wore an 'I Can't Breathe' shirt to the Congressional swearing-in ceremony.
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Jan. 7, 2015
Yet another false rumor proclaimed that a famous businessperson expressed disdain for blacks usi ...
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