skymallow

9V will sting a little if you lick across the terminals, as I've learned the hard way in Uni.

The elusive kilomilliampere-hour

We only had AAs back then, hard to get across the terminals that way.

I’m guessing it means smaller hands for hard to reach spots

Same reason anyone does anything stupid in Uni: Bored, teen-aged, and curious about what would happen.