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Atom Ant

Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom co-starred in The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (sharing top billing with Secret Squirrel) on Saturday mornings. In syndication, Atom Ant aired alongside The Hillbilly Bears and Precious Pupp. Reruns aired on cable on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom co-starred in The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (sharing top billing with Secret Squirrel) on Saturday mornings. In syndication, Atom Ant aired alongside The Hillbilly Bears and Precious Pupp. Reruns aired on cable on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the 1990s and 2000s.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1966 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1966". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377104381

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