title: Why is the max() function returning an item that is smaller than another one in a list?
body: <p>Here's the code in question:</p>
  
  <pre><code>my_list = ['apples', 'oranges', 'cherries', 'banana']
  print(max(my_list)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why does it print 'oranges' instead of 'cherries'?</p>