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Triangles $ABC$ and $AEF$ are such that $B$ is the midpoint of $\overline{EF}$. Additionally, $AB = EF = 2,$ $BC = 8,$ $CA = \sqrt{73},$ and 
\[
\overrightarrow{AB} \cdot \overrightarrow{AE} + \overrightarrow{AC} \cdot \overrightarrow{AF} = 4.
\]
Find the cosine of the angle between vectors $\overrightarrow{EF}$ and $\overrightarrow{BC}$.

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