1) Snooki once said that the process of filming Jersey Shore was like "being in jail for two months."

2) The cast was allowed only one private phone call per week — the rest had to be filmed for the show.

3) To make sure the cast couldn't communicate off-camera, producers forbade them from writing notes to each other. Say it on camera or GTFO!

4) Each season of the show took anywhere from 30 to 50 days to shoot.

5) The house's famous ~duck phone~ was a random find at a thrift store.

6) You know how the cast was always hanging out on their rooftop deck with the hot tub? That deck wasn't ACTUALLY on their roof — it was on the roof of the T-shirt shop next door.