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In the Waldsassen Basillica in Waldsassen, Germany, the halls of the church are lined with an unusual sort of decoration.

Known as the “Holy Bodies,” they are the skeletons of Christian martyrs who were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome between 1688 and 1765. What makes these even more unusual than standard skeletal relics is that these skeletons are dressed in elaborate 1700s garb, covered in jewels, and generally look like royalty. Each year, the church celebrates a Holy-Bodies-Fest celebrating these martyrs, with the idea that we too are “Holy Bodies.” Beyond this, little about the extravagantly dressed bodies is known.

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The church also has a famous statue of Christ, but its arms were broken off by a soldier. The armless Christ is seen as a symbol of forgiveness and reconciliation, and people make pilgrimages to the church to pray to the “savior without arms.”

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Sometimes really weird cults born, like this one the Sect of Gadget Hackwrench one.

“She is the divine being, the most untouched and perfect sibling of the great God on Earth”, say one of the participants. “Why I love her? It’s stupid question, how I can’t love the Godess?”. “She is strict, cute, optimistic and her level of technical knowledge is unachievable for a mortal being.” those are just a few of the testimonies of the sect followers.

And if you didn’t recognize the hero – that’s a Disney mouse cartoon.

Although it is common that children in western countries have better conditions for life and probably happier childhood, In eastern countries there is a large number of children who are having very hard childhood, but yet they find some reasons which can make them happy from time to time.

Residents of ‘Butt Hole Road’ club collectively to change the street’s unfortunate name. The constant jokes were just too much to take for the long-suffering residents of Butt HoleRoad, a street named after a communal water butt that was originally in the area. So despairing households in the suburban street in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, decided that the road’s name simply had to change. The road was renamed Archers Way to refer to a medieval castle that is just half a mile away. (Link)

Psycho Path (Traverse City, Michigan, USA).

Divorce Court (located in Heather Highlands, Pennsylvania).

Turnersville, New Jersey. (Link)

An old Bristol street sign. Flickr Street was the former name of the northernmost section of Broad Street in the old part of the city, before the Guildhall was built and the carriageway straightened. (Link)

In Riverside, California, Wong Way has been renamed Wong Street. The road is named after George Wong, the last resident of Riverside’s former Chinatown. Some locals felt insulted. (Link)

The folk in Inveraray seem to have high hopes for the street, otherwise known as Main Street North. (Link)

AAAA Road in Howard Springs, Australia. (Link)

I don’t know which one is more bizarre: Camel Toe or Show Your Tits (Link)

Now, that’s a funny street name! (Link)

Very tasteful. (Link)

What’s so funny about it? LOL (Link)

Cockburn Street in Edinburgh. (Link)

I hope I will never have to spell it. (Link)

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