[throwaway313375]

Unfortunately, it supports it's own formatting syntax that is somewhat similar to markdown but bot quite it.

For example, in markdown:

    _this is italic_

    *this is also italic*

    __this is bold__

    **this is also bold**

While in telegram:

    _this doesn't work_

    *also doesn't work_

    __this is italic__

    **this is bold**