Crosspost with Distant Arcade: 2025 World Snooker Championship semi-finalist Zhao Xintong has a Pokémon named Chimchar on his bowtie. Those pocket monsters get everywhere!

Jimmy White has played professional snooker matches against both Stan Moody who was born in 2006, and Fred Davis who was born in 1913.

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Useless snooker fact of the day: Matthew Stevens has only ever lost in the first round of the Masters or won it. His first round appearances were in 1996, 2001–2007, and 2012–2013 and his sole victory was in 2000.