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Fatto matematico: 8966 is an unremarkable number.
Trivia: 8966 is an uninteresting number.
Data storica: July 18th is the day in 1857 that Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.