Yael Freiman

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I'm Yael Freiman.

And I'm Toby Howell.

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Good morning and welcome back to the week, a short week for Thanksgiving.

Random acts of kindness, holding the door for someone, leaving a kind note on a stranger's car.

They give you this warm, fuzzy feeling.

But what drives people to do them?

According to new research, Batman.

Psychologists in Milan ran an experiment on the city's subway systems to study pro-social behavior, or the act of helping others.

In one scenario, they had a woman appearing pregnant enter a subway car alongside an observer and counted how many people gave up their train seat for this woman.

In the second scenario, they added a dark night twist.

As the woman came on board the train, a man dressed as Batman entered from another door.

The difference was stark.

In the presence of Batman, 67% of passengers offered up their seats,

but only 38% did in the control experiment.

Toby, what is going on here?

Introducing the U.S.

Bank Split World MasterCard, a new type of card that lets you pay later on every purchase.

With a split card, all purchases are automatically divided into three payments and placed into a payment plan to be paid back over three months.