As soon as you stop watching (only) cat videos you might find a new world of information. There is videos and articles available for any subject.
It feels nice to think that this is important, useful. I'm doing something instead of wasting time!
Well... Not necessarily. I like reading about obscure physical phenomenons like quantum lattice models or Hilbert space, or some trivial facts from history like what was SS Automedon carrying when it was captured by Germans or who was the first Akkadian ruler.
I'm not sure if Banach-Tarski paradox will ever be as good of a conversation starter as "Hey, did you see that cat video where it does that funny thing?"
If we just study subjects randomly, based our interest on a whim it's highly certain it will be something useless. Or at least something we find very little use outside playing Trivial Pursuit with our friends, annoying them with our besserwisserism. It turns into mere entertainment. Another form of wasting our time.
In addition to being useful information there should be a purpose. Why am I reading this article about mysterious Russian radio station called UVB-76 or "the Buzzer"? Do I really need to know about it? Or would there be something else, something that I could actually use someday?