Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
George Bernard Shaw is a Nobel Prize-winning author. They don't give those out to just anyone, you know. (Source.)
Aerosmith wrote a song called "Major Barbara." You know you've made it big when your play inspires an '80s rock band. (Source.)
A character on the TV show Girls ends up in a production of Major Barbara, and the play's themes serve as a mirror to another plot point. (Source.)
Did you know Shaw was a vegetarian? Shaw's personal chef/housekeeper, Alice Laden, authored the George Bernard Shaw Vegetarian Cookbook. PETA would be proud. (Source.)