Sinead O’Connor keeps a pet Puffin under her bed. Nothing compares to him.

Puffins were used in Guinness advertising campaigns long before Toucans got involved. Toucans charge substantially less.

A Puffins beak can change colour in sunlight; this is where the technology for Global Hyper-Colour t-shirts in the 1980’s was found.

Puffins in Skomer, Wales have a slight Welsh accent.

Puffins prefer Cornetto as their ice-cream of choice, citing the chocolate in the cone as a reason.

The Puffin Olympics has been forced to change its name this year due to trademark issues. It is now called ‘International Puffin Sports Day’.

Puffins were all about Iceland before it was cool; they are the real hipsters. (with thanks to @abouticeland).

If you listen to a puffins calls backwards, you can often hear the opening bars of ‘Stairway to Heaven’. (with thanks to @kevin_parr)

Other than those that are asthmatic, puffins barely ever ‘puff’. They exhale silently. (with thanks to @Kung_Fu_Kitten)

A puffin turned down a role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. (with thanks to @J__Swift)