Sky News
The Foreign Office received more than 330,000 calls from Britons who needed help overseas this year. And, while 4,900 of them were from those who had been arrested and more than 3,400 from those in hospital, there were also enquiries of a much more unusual nature. Among the strangest was a man who wanted to know if there were vampires in Poland.
The reason for his concern? A woman he was due to meet for a date had asked his blood type. A caller from the US wanted to know which contestant had been voted.
off Strictly Come Dancing the previous night, while a caller in the Netherlands had questions about the plot of Braveheart.
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