What is the major and best known current in the circle of ocean currents that makeup the Atlantic Gyre?
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Congratulations to Marvin Jacobs of Westport, CT who identified “thole pins” as “an early form of oarlocks that hold an oar in place on the gunnel as you row a small boat.”