No brian farting. The system has to much coolent in it. The cap holds 16lbs. of pressure and the coolant finds a way out. Through the cap, down the tube, into the resivor that is designed to catch the overflow. Once the engine and coolant cool down, it condenses creating a vacuum inside the engine which pulls the extra coolent in the tank back in.
Expensive but correctly mixed with heavy water, a detail missed or not cared about.