Some 98 % of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the world's largest ice sheet and also its largest reservoir of fresh water.

Some effects of alcohol intoxication are central to alcohol's desirability as a beverage and its history as the world's most widespread recreational drug.

Some of this gas was used in the world's first helium-filled airship, the U. S. Navy's C-7, which flew its maiden voyage from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Bolling Field in Washington, D. C., on December 1, 1921.

Some points of interest are the Tropical House, the Cactus House, the Canary House and the Orchid House, which hosts one of the world's biggest collection of orchids, and free-flying birds and butterflies.

Some of the first Net security applications, and one of the world's first portable computers, also originated at ISI.

Some reefs are recovering, but scientists say that between 50 % and 70 % of the world's coral reefs are now endangered and predict that global warming could exacerbate this trend.

Some, such as Bruce Jakosky have also argued that the official disclosure of extraterrestrial life may have far reaching and as yet undetermined implications for society, particularly for the world's religions.

Some other countries such as China, Ethiopia, and Mozambique mine ores with a higher percentage of tantalum, and they produce a significant percentage of the world's output of it.

Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, and the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, rise in the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people.

Some historians also consider these postmarks to be the world's first postage ' stamps '.

Some of the world's legendary surf spots are in Southern California as well, including Trestles, Rincon, The Wedge, Huntington Beach, and Malibu, and it is second only to the island of Oahu in terms of famous surf breaks.

Some of the world's biggest extreme sports events including the X Games, Boost Mobile Pro, and the U. S. Open of Surfing

Some of the world's hottest chili peppers are:

Some historians, such as Jean Bottero, have made the claim that Mesopotamian religion is the world's oldest religion, although there are several other claims to that title.

Some of the world's largest swamps are found along major rivers such as the Amazon, the Mississippi, and the Congo.

Some of the world's biggest fashion houses ( ex: Chanel ) have their headquarters in France.

Some recent projects being developed at the university include Flame, first humanoid robot possessing the ability to walk as humans, Superbus, project aiming to design a high speed busses reaching the speeds of 250 km / h, Nuna, solar-powered race car and four times winner of the World Solar Challenge, DUT Racing, electrical Formula Student project having won multiple competitions, Delfly, Micro air vehicle and the smallest ornithopter so far fitted with a camera, Fhybrid, world's first hydrogen-powered scooter, Tribler, an open source peer-to-peer client with online TV functionalities, Delfi-C3, CubeSat satellite constructed by TU Delft students, Forze, hydrogen fuel cell-powered racing car, as well as Eco-Runner vehicle participating in Eco-marathon.

Some of the world's leading experts in mycology provide exhibits, give talks, and guide forest walks.

Some estimates over the years indicate that Jeannette once produced somewhere between 70-85 % of the world's glass.

Some of the world's first purpose built cruise-liners, the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Robert Ley, were built to take KdF members on Mediterranean cruises.

There is a strategy above sword-fencing: " Some of the world's strategists are concerned only with sword-fencing, and limit their training to flourishing the long sword and carriage of the body.

Some theories hold that access to oil defined 20th century empires and was the key to the ascendance of the United States as the world's sole superpower and explain how a transitioning country like Russia is able to obtain such rapid GDP growth ( see Economy of the Soviet Union ).

Some of the most spectacular are the Zacatón cenote in Mexico ( the world's deepest water-filled sinkhole ), the Boesmansgat sinkhole in South Africa, Sarisariñama tepuy in Venezuela, and in the town of Mount Gambier, South Australia.

Some of the world's oldest known pottery pieces were developed by the Jōmon people in the Upper Paleolithic period, 14th millennium BC.

Some of the larger basins are the Blake, Guiana, North American, Cape Verde, and Canaries basins in the North Atlantic.

Some larger universities now have multiple groups.

Some of the larger commercial BBSes, such as MaxMegabyte and ExecPC BBS, evolved into Internet Service Providers.

Some larger BBSes or regional FidoNet hubs would make several transfers per day, some even to multiple nodes or hubs, and as such, transfers usually occurred at night or early morning when toll rates were lowest.

Some dioceses around the Mediterranean Sea which were Christianised early are rather compact, whereas dioceses in areas of rapid modern growth in Christian commitment — as in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Far East — are much larger and more populous.

Some became independent companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange, others were acquired by larger financial groups.

Some birds grew larger than the average human.

Some are integrated into larger modeling and animation packages, some are stand-alone, some are free open-source projects.

Some cacti may become tree-sized but without branches, such as larger specimens of Echinocactus platyacanthus.

Some codecs will analyze a longer segment of the data to optimize efficiency, and then code it in a manner that requires a larger segment of data at one time in order to decode.

Some signals carry encryption and specify use conditions ( such as " may not be recorded " or " may not be viewed on displays larger than 1 m in diagonal measure ") backed up with the force of law under the WIPO Copyright Treaty and national legislation implementing it, such as the U. S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Some scientists consider Homo rudolfensis, a group larger bodied group of fossils with similar morphology to the original H. habilis fossils to be a separate species while others consider them to be part of H. habilis-simply representing species internal variation, or perhaps even sexual dimorphism.

Some celebrity Actors have favorite Cutters, and larger productions may hire several and have them on set at the same time, particularly in period film projects that might have complicated or expensive extras wardrobe.

Some specialized rifles in the larger calibers are claimed to have an accurate range of up to about, although most have considerably less.

Some years later the National Geographic Society created a similar robot which drilled a small hole in the southern door, only to find another larger door behind it.

Some believe that neck sizing will permit a larger number of reloads with a given case in contrast to full size resizing, although this is controversial.

Some MRAP vehicles have been known to become stuck or roll over much more readily due to their high center of gravity and overall larger size compared to the HMMWV.

Some places may even retain " island " in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island.

Some drives will simply regard them as an even larger CD, but many models, recognising that there are no dual layer CDs, only permitted access to the first layer.

( Note: Some older operating systems may handle such values incorrectly ( i. e., signed instead of unsigned ), which would make it impossible to access files larger than 2 GB in size.

Some member groups have only a few hundred members ; while the largest, the Unitarian Universalist Association, has over 200, 000 members and is larger than all the other member groups put together.

Some Japanese consonants have several allophones, which may give the impression of a larger inventory of sounds.

Some larger manufacturers of joysticks are able to customize joystick handles and grips specific to the OEM needs while small regional manufacturers often concentrate on selling standard products at higher prices to smaller OEM's.

Some of the fossil llamas were much larger than current forms.

Some closely knit language families, and many branches within larger families, take the form of dialect continua, in which there are no clear-cut borders that make it possible to unequivocally identify, define, or count individual languages within the family.