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Nov 2023
45m 49s

Paragliding Primer

Go! My Favorite Sports Team
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It's a bird! It's A Plane! IT'S… Tyler!?!? This week, Tyler recounts his adventure soaring high above the ground when he went paragliding, while Markiplier cleans the dust off his totally existent engineering degree to explain the physics & engineering that allows humans to fly. Tighten your harness, check your reserve chute, then take the leap and let this ... Show More
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