How many holes do you drill in your head to alleviate headaches?

What is the proper amount of mercury to drink to gain immortality?

How many virgins do we throw in the volocano to ensure the new crops?

Spoiler alert: the answer to all these questions is zero.

On this week's episode, Mat and Dusten travel from the bamboo airports of the Pacific Islands to the medicine cabinets of the middle ages to prove that just because an idea is old, that doesn't mean it's good. Not everything gets better with age. Not everything can be Judy Dench.