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Foliot

Foliot may refer to: * Foliot (timepiece), part of the verge escapement for early clocks * A member of a fictional people in the high fantasy novel The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison * A fictional magical creature in the Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud

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Article summary

Foliot may refer to: * Foliot (timepiece), part of the verge escapement for early clocks * A member of a fictional people in the high fantasy novel The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison * A fictional magical creature in the Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud

Key claims

  1. date of death: 1186 — 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 date of death is "1186". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. 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=794935692

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.