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 ...

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.