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Reddit user frankzapra shares that hot liquids can sometimes leak from your paper coffee cup when the drinking hole in the lid is lined up with the cup seam. To avoid this, just twist the lid a few degrees so that any drops of liquid that get in the seam won’t break escape your cup.