http://www.boredbutton.com/ can keep you going for a bit. You can also try out new online games, and as Julius said, watch a movie. Reading is also a nice thing to do.
I personally like spending my time doing various things, I play World of Warcraft, now and then Sims 3, I love writing a story, playing cards, Nintendo DS, Console games like Legend of Zelda. I like painting and drawing. Now and then I do some editing in video's and edit pictures on Photoshop.
I sometimes get stuck on youtube watching tutorials of all sorts of things. You won't be dissapointed if you search on youtube about Japanese Candy, either.
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.