Weirdest true story on Snopes (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

[LiberalElite]

http://www.newser.com/story/198328/the-weirdest-true-story-on-rumor-site-snopes.html


&quot NEWSER) – For two decades, Snopes.com has acted as a voice of reason on the Internet, making a name for itself by debunking rumors as they circulate. Founder David Mikkelson was involved in an online newsgroup that focused on urban legends; when graphical web browsers hit the scene, he started the site, he tells io9. "Since I was an early adopter, it quickly became the place where everybody sent every questionable thing they saw on the Internet," he says. "It became more of a reference and fact-checking site than just an urban-legends site." There are no big secrets as to how the site determines what's real and what's fake, Mikkelson says: His team just uses standard research methods."

[Kaleva]

1. We now know why belt driven machinery is so popular.