There were dozens of other random facts and I'm pretty sure that was book's main intent. Fun knowledge to discuss and laugh about while somehow connecting our present and our past.
I was disappointed at how little attention Mr. Rodriguez gave to Civil Rights. For example, Strom Thurmond set the Congressional Record for the filibuster when he did so against the 1957 Civil Rights Act. Mr. Rodriguez even brought up a specific instance wherein Allan Freed (an uber-popular DJ at the time) was taken to task because his show showed a black man dancing with a white woman without taking it any further.
Don't look for a life change out of the book, but it will give you a number of laughs and a-ha's that are worth it if you are at all interested in the topics. And, for what it's worth, I probably would be interested in reading some of the other Best of Books published by Potomac Books.
In the words of the 1950s: Ungowa, the book was boss when Mr. Rodriguez went to obscure-ville with happenings that were the ginchiest at the time.
Translated to 2006: Yeah man, the book's off the hook when Mr. Rodriguez wrote about little-known facts that were the bomb for the old school.
Something tells me I'm not too hip by today's standards. At least after reading The 1950s' Most Wanted by Robert Rodriguez, I know what it used to take.
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