Learn English – What does “knowledge nugget” mean

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I understand that it's a "piece of information", but does it also imply, that the information is valuable? Can a paragraph of text about a subject be a knowledge nugget? If so, can it contain several small pieces of information, or it must be information about single subject? In other words: knowledge nugget is just one simple fact, or several facts about single subject?

Is this a common, neutral expression, used in daily life, or it sounds odd?

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Nugget has multiple senses that include

(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump. (eg) a gold nugget
(countable) A tidbit of something valuable. (eg) a nugget of wisdom

As a consequence, one can argue either way regarding implication of value. Of course, your example, knowledge nugget is closely analogous to "a nugget of wisdom" (an example from wiktionary). The definition offered in a link in a previous comment, that "A knowledge nugget is a small item or piece of useful knowledge in categories of interest to the user", also implies value.

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