Just discovered the "Rabbit Hole Explorer" tag while setting up my profile on Polywork. I never knew this habit of mine was shared by other people. I'm really happy to be able to put a name to this and actually add it on my profile as a tag. 

A random internet search down this rabbit hole brought me to an interesting post by Gokul N K. Check it out -
https://hackernoon.com/the-thing-about-rabbit-holes-201402f77873