Iceland is home to 320,000 people and about 10 million puffins. For that reason puffins dominate Icelandic politics. (with thanks to @guywriter)

There is an 82% chance a concealed puffin is staring at you right now. (with thanks to @NicLewis)

Puffins mate for life. Unless a hotter, more attractive puffin comes along. (with thanks to ‪@Matt_Silverman)

A left-handed (or -winged) puffin will fly with a slight list to starboard. (With thanks to ‪@graskeggur)

The world record for freestyle underwater long jump is held by a puffin who retired undefeated from the sport in 1973. (with thanks to @graskeggur)

Puffins have been known to swarm and kill large dogs. (with thanks to @J__Swift)

The colours on a puffin’s bill reflect their diet. Some Puffins with rare blue stripes were sighted raiding Smarties distribution centre in Carlisle, during the UK’s riots of summer 2011. (with thanks to @HerdyUK)

Puffins have made the decision not to read ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ on moral grounds. Copies of the book have been found in some burrows though.

Puffins are suckers for sushi, but they don’t cope well with chopsticks. (with thanks to Quentin Bates – world famous author)

The collective noun for a group of Puffins is an ‘indecision’. The same term can be applied in the human world to senior managers.