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It works best with a metal lid on glass. When the metal lid gets hot from the hot water it expands. The glass doesn't expand as much as metal so the tight seal that the lid had on the glass gets loosened as the lid gets slightly larger.

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Q: If you can run hot water over a lid it gets loose and you can open it how is that possible?
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