A glass bottle completely filled with water and closed tightly at room temperature is likely to burst when kept in the freezer of the refrigerator.

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Explanation:
Liquid has the property of expanding on freezing.
If left in the freezer for a longer time the water in the bottle will expand.
This expansion may exert large pressure on the walls of the bottle and causes its bursting.
This is due to anomalous expansion or strange behaviour of water because most substances shrink when cooled, but water expands when it freezes.

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