Surprising an avid internet user is a challenging task, as it might seem like they’ve seen it all. Yet that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to make them laugh, and there sure is plenty of content out there to do that.

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Started just over five years ago, in September of 2018, the ‘Hot Priest’ Instagram account has already shared over two thousand posts; but considering the vastness of the plains of the internet, that’s just a small fraction of all there is to see.

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A surveyof US parents with kids ages 5 and under found that the absolute majority of them believe that curious children excel beyond the less curious ones. It also revealed that watching the little ones explore something new makes moms and dads feel better about them themselves, as it reportedly makes them feel more confident in their parenting skills.

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Children’s curiosity goes far beyond playing with toys, though, and helps them develop all sorts of skills. Take talking, for instance. A lecturer in language and communicative development at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, Katherine Twomey, pointed out that when they first start learning to express themselves vocally, they use systematic babbling as a form of exploration.When they’re just a few months old, the babies start making all sorts of repetitive speech-like sounds until they babble something that resembles a thing the parents might utter. “They’ll hit on something and think, ‘That sounds like something my mum or dad would do’,” Twomey toldLive Science.The expert explained that such babbling demonstrates the utility of perceptual curiosity, which starts with a haphazard exploration of their vocal anatomy.

Children’s curiosity goes far beyond playing with toys, though, and helps them develop all sorts of skills. Take talking, for instance. A lecturer in language and communicative development at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, Katherine Twomey, pointed out that when they first start learning to express themselves vocally, they use systematic babbling as a form of exploration.

When they’re just a few months old, the babies start making all sorts of repetitive speech-like sounds until they babble something that resembles a thing the parents might utter. “They’ll hit on something and think, ‘That sounds like something my mum or dad would do’,” Twomey toldLive Science.

The expert explained that such babbling demonstrates the utility of perceptual curiosity, which starts with a haphazard exploration of their vocal anatomy.

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Harvard Business Reviewcovered more benefits of curiosity; in addition to enhancing intelligence, it is believed to increase perseverance or grit, and encourage deeper engagement, better performance, and more meaningful goals.

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Stemming from the work of psychologist Paul Silvia, the fourth dimension isstress tolerance, which refers to the ability of exploring the information gaps and wonders of the world people are interested in, despite the anxiety they might cause.Last but not least, the fifth dimension—thrill seeking—covers people’s willingness to take actual risks (whether physical, social, or financial) to achieve complex and typically intense experiences. Based on psychologist Marvin Zuckerman’s extensive research on sensation seeking, it suggests thatthrill seekingindividuals aim to amplify anxiety that accompanies novelty instead of reducing it.

Stemming from the work of psychologist Paul Silvia, the fourth dimension isstress tolerance, which refers to the ability of exploring the information gaps and wonders of the world people are interested in, despite the anxiety they might cause.

Last but not least, the fifth dimension—thrill seeking—covers people’s willingness to take actual risks (whether physical, social, or financial) to achieve complex and typically intense experiences. Based on psychologist Marvin Zuckerman’s extensive research on sensation seeking, it suggests thatthrill seekingindividuals aim to amplify anxiety that accompanies novelty instead of reducing it.

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The five dimensions are just some of the many subtleties there are to learn about curiosity, showing how multilayered something so seemingly mundane can be. It’s also only one of the numerous possible reasons for people to express interest in different content, be it a book, a movie, or some random pictures on social media.

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