Puffins have a vocabulary of several thousand words. To the untrained ear they all sound like “caw”. (with thanks to @J__Swift)

If a puffin lands in your soup it’s considered good luck. (with thanks to @SorryAbtTheFace)

In the 1980’s, attempts were made to farm Puffins, but they proved too hard to herd, despite the use of specialist dogs.

I caught up with the next big thing to come out of Iceland recently. You can read my full article here. It does not mention a single Puffin fact!

Like snowflakes, no two Puffins are identical.

Don’t upset the puffins. The seabird mafia has a long memory and an even longer arm. Well, not an arm, a wing. (with thanks to @graskeggur)

After James Garfield’s 1881 assassination, a puffin served as US President for 14 hrs until Chester Arthur could be sworn in. (with thanks to @pumpkinsam)

Puffins are often eaten with blueberry jam in Iceland. As a consequence, a puffin will always urinate on every blueberry bush they see.

Puffins feel themselves to be socially superior to less colourful birds, but go to pieces in the presence of parrots. (with thanks to @graskeggur)