During a recent TikTok scroll, I came across a video about the Burnt Toast Theory. This particular video featured an ...

When things don’t go as planned, the “burnt toast theory” serves as a reminder that the bigger picture may be unfolding in ...

The scroll, which was burnt during the devastating 79AD eruption, is too delicate to be unrolled. However, through virtual unwrapping using AI and X-ray imaging, experts have been able to uncover ...

As it turns out, that minor inconvenience led to something pretty great. This is a prime example of the “Burnt Toast Theory” on TikTok, which currently boasts over 17 million views.

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.