Are you a Modern Family fan? Have you every wondered how the cast spends their time off the screen? Here are the top 11 secrets of the cast:

1. Ty Burrell, who plays Phil Dunphy, lived out of a van for during graduate school to save money.
2. Rico Rodriguez, who plays Manny, must have a parent on set when he films.
3. Nolan Gould, who plays Luke, a 15-year-old, has an IQ of 150 and makes over $70,000 per episode.
4. Sarah Hyland, who plays Haley Dunphy, was unfortunately diagnosed with kidney dysplasia. In April 2012, she received a kidney transplant with her father as the donor.
5. Sofia Vergara, or Gloria Pritchett, was born in Colombia and attended a university there to become a dentist, but then left 2 semesters early to become a model and businesswoman.
6. Ed O’Neill, who plays Jay Pritchett, was a social studies teacher at a high school before becoming an actor.
7. Julie Bowen, who plays Claire Dunphy, has a pacemaker for a cardiovascular condition where her regular heartbeat can drop to dangerously low levels.
8. Eric Stonestreet, who plays Cameron Tucker, actually wanted to be a clown named Fizbo for a career. Fizbo has even appeared on the episodes of Modern Family.
9. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell Pritchett, once had Kim Kardashian search for Yeezus shoes by Kanye West for his husband Justin. After not finding the shoes in the back room, he ordered them on eBay.
10. Ariel Winter, who plays the brainiac of the family, Alex Dunphy, was in a Cool Whip commercial at age seven.
11. Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who plays Lily, daughter of Cameron and Mitchell, was the youngest star on the red carpet at the 2012 and 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards.

Didn’t expect Nolan Gould to be a boy genius, either? Comment below which “secret” you found most astonishing.