Thus far, I haven't done anything with my current partner because of the distance between us, but I have had him do a little research in his free time about a few basic things or had him look up things I happen to enjoy myself instead of just telling him.
Usually I give him a few links to the information though, he'd have to clue where to look (he's pretty new to it all).
On my own, I research anything that I want to try someday on the internet thoroughly to get a basic knowledge of how it works and any potential safety risks (and how to lessen the risk as much as possible, but not much of what I'm into is terribly risky anyway).