Galileo saw sunspots by looking at the Sun through the telescope he had just invented. Luckily for him, his telescope was so primitive, he did not blind himself! You should NEVER look at the Sun through a telescope without special filters to protect your eyes!
Galileo was not the first person on Earth to see sunspots. There are records of sunspots observed through heavy clouds in China in the 13th century. There is no record of how blind the observers were after this... more.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.