Can of worms is an idiom referring to a slew of subsequent problems and dilemmas arising from a decision or action. The phrase may also refer to:
Transportation
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Can of Worms (interchange)
The Can of Worms is the local name for the intersection of Interstate 490 (I-490), I-590, New York State Route 590 (NY 590), NY 96 (East Avenue), and University Avenue on the east side of Rochester, New York, in the United ...
in Rochester, New York
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Can of Worms (Minnesota interchange) in Duluth, Minnesota
Media
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''Can of Worms'' (film), a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie
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''Can of Worms'' (TV program), an Australian television talk show
* "Can of Worms", an episode of the animated television series ''
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu''
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"Can of Worms" (Red Dwarf), an episode of ''Red Dwarf''
Books
* ''Can of Worms'', a 1986 book by
Evan Whitton
Evan Whitton (5 March 1928 – 16 July 2018) was an Australian journalist.
Whitton was raised in Murgon in Queensland, and went away to boarding school at age eight. He worked as a teacher for 14 years in Toowoomba before securing a ful-time rol ...
* ''Can of Worms'', a novel by
Kathy Mackel
Kathryn Mackel (born 1950) is an American author and a screenwriter for Disney, Fox, and Showtime.
* ''A Can of Worms'', a 1987 novel by
Russell H. Greenan
* "A Can of Worms", an essay by David Sedaris included in his 2004 collection ''
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim''
Music
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Can of Worms (band), a French death/Thrash Metal band
* "Can of Worms", a song by Buck 65 from ''
Man Overboard
"Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew or a passenger has fallen off of the ship into the water and is in need of immediate rescue. Whoever sees the person's fall is to shout, "Man overboa ...
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Pandora's box
Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod reported that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing phys ...
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Malfunction Junction (disambiguation) Malfunction Junction is a common nickname for a number of Interchange (road), highway interchanges, especially ones that are poorly designed, dangerous, and/or suffer from severe traffic congestion:
* Malfunction Junction, interchange at Interstate ...
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Spaghetti junction
Spaghetti junction is a nickname sometimes given to a complex or massively intertwined road traffic interchange that is said to resemble a plate of spaghetti. Such interchanges may incorporate a variety of interchange design elements in orde ...
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