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There is always the chance that it was a “spare” or leftover from a previous repair of some type but the inspection you are doing hopfully will tell the tale.
You said it still seems to run fine and I would think from that you also have oil pressure but there is a bypass spring in the oil pump. Maybe that's were it came from.