It's not boring, it's the most exciting things that ever happened. All of the made up stories we have draw direct inspiration from the ideas and concepts within the greatest story of all; the one that actually happened.
Shit, I'm honestly thinking about just doing it. I've got a pdf of an american history textbook open in another tab, and the only reason I haven't started copying it into novel format is because I figure it'll take a while and I still got other stuff to do this morning.