This list is a collection of discrete pieces of information that it would seem likely for an individual to encounter at some point in a given life span, but for whatever reason the individual did not encounter the information until late in life. These nuggets are as valuable as nuggets of Truth, because they demonstrate how one piece of information can unseat how one understands the world through a faulty assumption or belief system.
- Raisins are dried grapes, they don't come from a raisin tree.
- Galveston, Texas is an island.
- xing was thought to be a verb, pronounced zing,rather than short for crossing - #605 Kid Logic -this American life
- A boy once believed that we only have 7 layers of skin. He didn't realize that skin regrows. This boy wore a coat everywhere he went to avoid sunburns which may risk his 7 layers of skin.
- It was once widely held by the scientific community, that there is no such thing as a black swan, until someone found one.