7 Fascinating Target Facts Ultimate Fans Don't Even Know

The store owners, the Daytons, remember hearing people jokingly call the business Tarjay since 1962.

The big red balls keep cars from driving up on the curb or even into the store.

In Minneapolis, MN, real estate developer George Draper Dayton bought the site of the Westminster Presbyterian Church after it was destroyed in a fire. He later built a six-story building where Goodfellows Dry Goods would go, eventually turning into the Target franchise in the '60s.

And Target's median customer income is $64,000. About 57 percent of customers have completed college. The business by the numbers is pretty interesting!

Target enlisted Boston-based Design Continuum to rethink the shopping cart, making them out of lightweight recyclable material so that they're 15 to 20 pounds lighter than metal carts.

Target has a very specific clearance system. Items ending in $0.06 or $0.08 will go on sale again in a couple of weeks as long as they're still in stock.

In 1997, Target funded the restoration of the Washington Monument when Congress was hesitating to take action. The project cost $6 million.