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A cemetery where cars go to donate organs instead of resting in peace.
means A lot where old cars, appliances, and scrap metal are piled up to be stripped for usable parts or sold as scrap.
from A straightforward compound: 'junk' (worthless or discarded stuff, a word sailors used for old rope and cast-off ship gear before it widened to mean any trash) plus 'yard' (an enclosed outdoor space). Put them together and you get exactly what it says on the tin — a yard full of junk.
- dog on duty
- often guarded by one genuinely terrifying mutt
- recycling rate
- over 80 percent of a car gets reused
- magnet crane
- lifts a ton of scrap like a toy
- hidden treasure
- rare parts hunters pay more than new