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Probably my favorite Pokemon trivia:
In Red/Blue, there was no other way you could use Kinesis besides randomly through Metronome. This was because it was Kadabra's and Alakazam's starting move, but since you couldn't find either of them in the wild and there were no move reminders, no Pokemon could have Kinesis as a part of their moveset. This was fixed in Yellow, where you could find wild Kadabra that knew Kinesis. This is probably the main reason why Kinesis is such a forgotten move.
Another cool trivia with some personal experience added to it:
In Gen I games, you didn't need Silph Scope to progress in the game, because you could use Poke Doll to escape from the Marowak ghost in Pokemon Tower and get past it. This isn't supposed to happen, but when I was a kid, I actually thought this was the official and only way to get past the ghost. I played the game most of the time with my friends, and none of us had found Silph Scope, but someone had found this Poke Doll trick, so naturally we thought it was the only way to progress in the game. I wasn't until years later that I heard that you shouldn't be able to get past the ghost without Silph Scope.
>mfw
