Piping curl http://cheat.sh/python to less is showing strange ESC[38;5;246m

I am kinda new to Linux. My base issue: I need to show the output of curl cheat.sh/python like a man or less page, so that I can easily scroll up and down. What have I tried: curl cheat.sh/python | less outout: some weird text like this- > ESC38;5;246m# Python is a high-level programming languageESC[39m > ESC[38;5;246m# and python is a Python interpreter.ESC[39m > > ESC[38;5;246m# Basic example of server with pythonESC[39m > ESC[38;5;246m# Will start a Web Server in the current directory on > port 8 000ESC[39m ESC[38;5;246m# go to http://127.0.0.1:8000ESC[39m > ESC[38;5;246m#ESC[39m ESC[38;5;246m# Python v2.7ESC[39m > ESC[38;5;252mpythonESC[39mESC[38;5;252m > ESC[39mESC[38;5;252m-mESC[39mESC[ 38;5;252m > ESC[39mESC[38;5;252mSimpleHTTPServerESC[39m ESC[38;5;246m# Python > 3ESC[39m ESC[38;5;252mpythonESC[39mESC[38;5;252m > ESC[39mESC[38;5;252m-mESC[39mESC[ 38;5;252m > ESC[39mESC[38;5;252mhttp.serverESC[39mESC[38;5;252m ESC[39mESC[ > 38;5;67m8000ESC[39m ... After having a look at [this , I tried: curl -vs cheat.sh 2>&1 | less but output was kinda same: > Accept: */* > * Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.13.12 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:50:04 GMT Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 25502 Connection: keep-alive > Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains > X-Frame-Options: DENY X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff { [2429 bytes data] > ESC[38;2;0;204;0m_ESC[0mESC[38;2;0;204;0m_ESC[0mESC[38;2;0;204;0m > ESC[0mESC[38;2;0;204;0m ESC[0mESC[38;2;0; 204;0m ESC[0m > ___| |__ ___ __ _| |_ ___| |__ ESC[38;2;0;204;0m\ESC[0mESC[38;2;0;204;0m > ESC[0mESC[38;2;0;204;0m\ESC[0mESC[38;2;0;204;0m ESC[0mESC[38;2;0; > 204;0m ESC[0m ESC[48;2;85;85;85m ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mTESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mhESC[0mESC[48 > ;2;85;85;85meESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85moESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mnESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mlESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85myESC[0m > ESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mcESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mhESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85meESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85maESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mt > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85msESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mhESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85meESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85meESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85 > ;85mtESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85myESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85moESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85muESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2; > 85;85;85mnESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85meESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85meESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85mdESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m > ESC[0mESC[48;2;85;85;85m ESC[0mESC[ 48;2;85;85;85m ESC[0m ... Finally if I change the above code like (this is probably the wrong approach) : curl -vs cheat.sh 1>&2 | less Then I will get the needed output of curl, but upon pressing a button the terminal shows like: > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ > ~ (END) and I can basically press q to quit out of less from there.