SortStack #794 — 2028-08-11
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A banana at a US grocery store $0.25
Nearly all export bananas are one variety, the Cavendish — adopted after a fungus wiped out its tastier predecessor, the Gros Michel.
- Costco's famous hot dog and soda combo $1.50
The price has been frozen since 1985. Co-founder Jim Sinegal reportedly told his CEO: 'If you raise the price of the hot dog, I will kill you.'
- A one-day adult ticket to Disney World's Magic Kingdom $140
When Disneyland opened in 1955, admission was one dollar — rides cost extra, paid with lettered coupons that gave us the phrase 'an E-ticket ride.'
- A Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup $63K
The F-150 has been America's best-selling vehicle for over four decades — Ford sells one roughly every minute of every day.
- A Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV $150K
The G-Wagen began as a military vehicle suggested by the Shah of Iran. Every single one is still hand-assembled in the same factory in Graz, Austria.
- The Pink Star diamond, sold at auction in Hong Kong $71.2M
A previous buyer defaulted after bidding $83 million, forcing a re-auction — the 59.6 carat stone took two years just to cut and polish.