The place to begin to satisfy your curiosity is Oxford University Press' Very Short Introduction series. There are over 150 titles in this series and for curious people like us this is a gold mine. Topics include history, religion, science, politics, art and many others. They are written by British professors who are experts in their field and unfortunately many are too dry and scholarly. But since you don't have to read the whole book you can just read til you fall asleep.
One of the newest ones is on the Meaning of Life. This is a discussion of the question "What is the meaning of Life?". In the preface the author refers to story about Bertrand Russell and the taxi driver. Not familiar with this story I went to Google and found this essay in the Guardian. (That's the thing about being curious. I have to keep following links to find out more)
It's an interesting book in spite of his disparaging remarks about Douglas Adams' suggested answer of 42, which I think is as good an answer as any.
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