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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 25, 2015 3:24 PM UTC Every curator’s worst fear came true Saturday for the stewards of an exhibition of Italian masterpieces in Taiwan, when a visitor stumbled and accidentally punched a hole in one of the paintings.  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 25, 2015 3:24 PM UTC Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) [reports](http://time.com/4009403/taiwan-boy-art-stumble-paolo-porpora/) that security camera footage appears to show a young man falling into and punching a hole through a painting said to be worth $1.5 million. _Flowers,_ a 17th century oil painting and one of the few signed works by Italian master Paolo Porpora, was on display at “The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius” exhibition at Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, [according to](http://time.com/4009403/taiwan-boy-art-stumble-paolo-porpora/) CNA. Below is a glimpse at other reports of tourists being clumsy at museums: • In May, two tourists [reportedly](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11581657/Tourists-posing-for-selfie-wreck-18th-century-Italian-monument.html) broke off the crown atop “Statue of the Two Hercules,” which sits in Piazza del Comune, a medieval square in Cremona, Italy, when the pair allegedly tried to climb it and take photos. • Also in May, the [Greek Culture Ministry](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/05/27/world/europe/ap-eu-greece-smashed-vase.html) said a tourist tried to touch a prehistoric, Minoan-era vase at the Museum of Iraklio and knocked it over, suffering a minor leg injury. • Last March, a student [reportedly climbed onto](http://time.com/28679/student-breaks-statue-selfie/) a 19th century statue depicting a “Drunken Satyr” at Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, Italy, to take a selfie and broke it. • Last July, an American student got stuck inside [Pi Chacan](http://www.delajara.com/EN/werke-skulpturen.php), a stone sculpture of a vagina by Peruvian artist Fernando de la Jara, which sat in front of Tübingen University’s Institute for Microbiology and Virology in Germany. • In 2006, a man was [arrested](http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/05/arts.artsnews) for smashing three 17th century Chinese porcelain vases said to be worth £500,000 (about $789,000) at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. • While trying to see how his hand measured up, a Connecticut surgeon [reportedly](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/07/american-tourist-snaps-finger-off-600-year-old-statue-in-florence-museum/) broke off the pinky finger on a 600-year-old statue of the Virgin Mary by 15th century Florentine sculptor Giovanni d’Ambrogi called “Annunciazione” at Florence’s Museo dell’Opera del Duomo (“Museum of the Works of the Cathedral”). _Read next:_ [_8 of the Absolute Worst Times to Take a Selfie_](http://time.com/2981513/8-of-the-worst-times-to-take-a-selfie/) ## Transcript [00:00] [ NOISE ] [00:02] What makes a video go viral? Here's our guess. [00:07] Mishka, I love you. [ NOISE ] [00:12] Number one, cute animals. [ LAUGH ] Charlie, Charlie [00:13] bit me. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ], [00:13] we're going to Disneyland. Oh, [00:29] my god. Number two, cute kids. [00:44] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [00:48] Number 3, remixes. [ MUSIC ] Whoa, oh my God, oh [00:52] my God. [00:59] [ LAUGH ] Oh my God. Whoo. Number [01:07] four, spontaneity. Look at all those Number [01:18] five. Cute kids and cute animals. Put [01:22] this all together and it will certainly end up on your [01:24] Facebook feed. 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