#18. Icelandic Sheep in North Iceland take it in turns to get mistaken for visiting Polar bears.

#19. Regular sheep can’t get up if rolled onto their backs. Icelandic sheep can’t get up after a night on the Brennivín.

#20. Icelandic sheep are usually placid, but will attack humans at the merest mention of Svið.

#21. Icelandic Sheep are deeply jealous of the glamorous, exciting livestyles that they firmly believe puffins lead.

#22. Icelandic sheep have slightly longer left limbs to allow them to balance on steep hillsides. Getting this wrong can be fatal.

#23. Icelandic sheep have very good memories. They can remember at least 50 individual sheep, in addition to the entire Björk back catalogue.

#24. Icelandic sheep are known to fly when they think no one is looking http://t.co/KB8UJ0C92N. @Alliceland

#25. Icelandic sheep don’t believe ANY of the puffin ‘facts’ on your website and have lodged an official complaint. Nick Miners.

#26. Icelandic sheep are said to be able to forecast weather changes, especially those who have old high school football injuries. @guywriter

#27. Icelandic sheep are said to be able to forecast weather changes, especially those who have old high school football injuries. @guywriter

#28. Icelandic sheep are very fond of the tea cake bara brith which their Aunts in Wales post over for them once a month, via @CatTheobald

#29. Icelandic sheep are paid the same rate as human extras in Game of Thrones. @BnGddrd

#30. Icelandic sheep protested against Tom Cruise filming Oblivion in Iceland. The matter was settled only when Tom paid up 1 million ISK.

#31. Sheep display emotions, some of which can be observed the position of their ears. Icelandic sheep often get confused due to the harsh winds.

#32. Icelandic sheep change colour with every shift of the northern lights, but nobody ever notices, they’re too busy looking upwards. Via @ChloFun.

#33. Icelandic sheep are gentle creatures, and are often employed by Apple to put the plastic film on new Apple products.

#34. Icelandic sheep even the more mature ones, are excellent at playing GTA V. They are much better than Arctic Foxes.

#35. Suzy Sheep, in the popular Peppa Pig cartoon, is actually an Icelandic sheep. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear the accent.

#36. Björk’s infamous orange wig is actually… an Icelandic sheep. @ChloFun

#37. An Icelandic word for ‘sheep’ (fé) also means ‘currency’. This is why the sheep have an overinflated sense of their own worth. @NickMiners

#38. Icelandic sheep float and are often used as ballast. In fact early Icelandic ships would have 1 sheep per person incase boats sank. @BnGddrd

#39. You can buy mini lopapeysur from @IheartReykjavik – these are knitted from the fleece of the rare pygmy Icelandic sheep. @NickMiners.