From 1958 to 1979, China conducted a 20-year artillery bombardment of Kinmen (Quemoy), a Taiwanese island located 2 miles from mainland China, firing shells only on odd-numbered days while Taiwan returned fire on even-numbered days; this predictable conflict, which began with 600 guns firing 40,000 shells in just two hours in 1958 and resulted in up to a million shells falling on the small island, was eventually ended when the United States switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979, and the survivors repurposed the steel from the shells into kitchen knives, with one shell capable of producing up to 60 blades that remain sold today.
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The War That Only Happened on Odd-Numbered DaysAjouté :
For 20 [music] years, China shelled this island on a schedule.
It's Kinmen, Taiwanese soil, 2 miles from mainland China.
In 1958, 600 guns opened fire. 40,000 [music] shells in 2 hours.
Then Beijing made a rule, only attack on odd-numbered days. Taiwan fired [music] back on the even ones. A war you could set a calendar to, and it ran until 1979.
Up to a million shells fell [music] on one small island.
So, the people who survived melted the steel into kitchen knives.
One shell [music] makes up to 60 blades.
They're still sold today.
For 20 years, [music] China shelled this island on a schedule.
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