More than one "Specific Interest"?

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I'm mostly new to this site, but have noticed through snooping around that a lot of aspies tend to culminate their interests in one very specific area they refer to as their "special interest".

I don't have any one specific interest... I have dozens of these specific obsessions I culminate interest in... Each one to an extreme amount, surpassing or matching descriptions of others I've seen on this site. Mine are linguistics & language primarily but also extend to various other topics with which I hold immense fondness for. I find myself very flexible when it comes to conversation (not obsequious small talk, but deep interesting conversation) because I can summon vast amounts of otherwise useless filler information I've memorized about one of dozens of my obsessions that most conforms to the individual's personality and preference, and build off it

The question is, is it typical to have multiple Specific Interests instead of just one? This world is too vast and interesting for me to obsess about just one thing, instead I have to choose the juiciest and obsess over them all. Hopefully I'm not alone in this sentiment....

I spend my whole life on one huge interest, but every few years I alternate between one part of it or another. For example, if it's art I will spend 6 years interested in artists and another 6 years interested in color science. I don't know art though, so just an example, I don't know if color science exists.

I have loads of special interests that I have built up over the years but can only focus on one at a time. This focus may last for several months or a few hours but during this period I cannot even think about any other interest.

I have a lot of special interests but it is very hard to multi-task and do several at once.