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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Jan. 7, 2015
Rumor: Jaden Smith said that God inspired him to name his clothing line 666.
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Jan. 7, 2015
Rumor: Students in Revere, Massachusetts, were forced to recite an Islamic conversion prayer.
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Jan. 6, 2015
Reports of a real-life Cruella de Vil scenario involving a Texas woman and cats are just fake news.
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Jan. 6, 2015
The mother of 16-year-old leukemia patient Anthony Lyons created a 'Doggies for Anthony' Faceboo ...
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Jan. 6, 2015
Rumor: Burger King created a fake 'discontinued' sandwich from the 1970s for nostalgia purposes.
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Jan. 6, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin complained about white privilege on her website, saying the U.S. should be mo ...
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Jan. 6, 2015
Rumor: NFL referee Pete Morelli quit after being paid $500,000 for his officiating at 2014 Cowbo ...
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Jan. 5, 2015
Rumor: EastEnders actor Danny Dyer has died at the age of 37.
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Jan. 5, 2015
Rumor: A 2-year-old boy who shot and killed his mother in a Walmart is going to be tried as an a ...
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Jan. 5, 2015
Rumor: Photograph shows a group of Black Brunch protesters rioting at a KFC in New York.'
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Jan. 5, 2015
Rumor: Fox News mistakenly used a photo of Stephen A. Smith during their tribute to Stuart Scott.
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Jan. 5, 2015
Rumor: Photograph shows Nigerian teachers and security guards armed with automatic weapons to pr ...
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Jan. 5, 2015
Rumor: Sandy Hook shooting victim Noah Pozner was pictured among the victims of a 2014 school ma ...
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Jan. 3, 2015
Did the FBI raid and dismantle a pig brothel in Missouri?
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Jan. 2, 2015
Has Donna Douglas from 'The Beverly Hillbillies' passed away?
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Jan. 2, 2015
Unsupported claims assert that one in two children will be autistic by 2025 due to the use of gl ...
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Jan. 1, 2015
A law in Japan requires older citizens to undergo yearly weight exams but does not make it illeg ...
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Dec. 31, 2014
A list of the 25 urban legends that circulated most widely in 2014.
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Dec. 31, 2014
Rumor: The Obama administration is moving to ban donut sprinkles.
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Dec. 31, 2014
Has HBO started production on a remake of 'The Sopranos' with Val Kilmer playing the lead role?
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