Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.

People who engage in idle chitchat are more unhappy than those who have profound conversations.

Researchers bugged a group of volunteers with hidden recording devices and listened in on all the conversations they had over a four-day period. The study subjects also took personality and well-being assessments.

Not surprisingly, the more a person talked, the happier they tested. In addition, the researchers discovered that quality of conversation mattered: The happiest participants were twice as likely to involve themselves in meaningful conversations and 33 percent less likely to engage in small talk, when compared to the unhappiest subjects.

Regardless of their disposition, those unhappy small talkers can be a great source for up-to-date weather information. And don't act like it isn't weird when some sunny, cheerful dude tries to casually engage you in a profound conversation.