curio, peculiarity, oddity, rarity, wonder, oddment, curiousity, inquisitiveness, curiousness, fascination, more...

apathy, indifference, disinterest, unconcern, detachment

inquisitive, nosy, prying, curious, impertinent, more...

intellectual, great, natural, idle, mere, much, scientific, insatiable, intense, eager, public

desire to learn,   love of learning,   thirst for knowlege,   eagerness to learn,   interesting thing,   genuine interest,   strange item,   item of interest,   asked curiously,   object of interest