re: The idea that the destruction of The Library of Alexandria set knowledge back centuries

It’s likely that the most valuable texts that were lost were Greek tragedies and philosophical works. It’s also probable that most of the content in the Library were copies of trade logs and commerce activity, which would be cool to have knowledge of these days, but isn’t particularly crucial for human advancement.

The problem is that these things probably wouldn’t have survived even if the Library hadn’t been destroyed because the papyrus and ink they were produced with didn’t have a long shelf life. Unless a massive copying effort took place, the ancient Greek stuff was probably deteriorating by the early AD years and largely would’ve been lost anyway.

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Saw some people online talking about Buddha being black. Add the first Buddhists to your list

Maybe it's just anecdotal, but a lot of these claims seem to come from black people that were raised in Western nations.

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I’ve seen claims and interviews from multiple black Americans claiming all sorts of outlandish things pertaining to heritage and inventions. Almost always, it’s being done as leverage for reparations.

“White people shouldn’t be allowed to use (practically everything ever invented) things invented by black people until reparations are paid.”