Have the equations $y^2=x^3+n!$ and $y^2=x^3-n!$ infinitely many integral solutions?

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The Mordell curve $$y^2=x^3+k$$ is known to have finite many solutions for every integer $k\ne 0$. But is it known whether there are infinite many natural numbers $n$ such that $y^2=x^3-n!$ and/or $y^2=x^3+n!$ has an integral point ? In other words :

Have the equations $$y^2=x^3+n!$$ and/or $$y^2=x^3-n!$$ infinitely many integral solutions ?

I checked the "+"-version for $0\le x\le 10^8$ and $1\le n\le 50$ and found the following squares

? for(s=1,50,z=s!;for(n=0,10^8,if(issquare(n^3+z)==1,print(s,"  ",n))))
1  0
1  2
4  1
4  10
4  8158
5  1
6  4
7  1
9  9
15  54180
21  604800
21  2419200
21  7358400
21  9676800
21  16805376
21  25363584
21  67536000
?

For small values $n$, the possible values can be looked up at tables, but for larger $n$ I am not sure how much is known about possible solutions.