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 of the world's larger cities culturally, if not officially, span into multiple counties and those crossing state or provincial boundaries culturally are quite common as well, but are rarely incorporated within the same municipal government.

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 largest Calvinist communions were started by 19th and 20th century missionaries.

Some volcanoes, such as shield volcanoes Kīlauea and Mauna Loa ( respectively the most active and the largest on Earth, both on the island of Hawaii ), form calderas in a different fashion.

Some of HPES's largest clients include: American Airlines, Rolls-Royce plc, General Motors, Bank of America, FEMSA, Commonwealth Bank Kraft, United States Navy, the UK Ministry of Defence, IDA, Royal Dutch Shell, and NASA.

Some other popular sights are the Waterloo Column, the Laves House, the Wangenheim Palace, the Lower Saxony State Archives, the Hanover Playhouse, the Kröpcke Clock, the Anzeiger Tower Block, the Administration Building of the NORD / LB, the Cupola Hall of the Congress Centre, the Lower Saxony Stock, the Ministry of Finance, the Garten Church, the Luther Church, the Gehry Tower ( designed by the American architect Frank O. Gehry ), the specially designed Bus Stops, the Opera House, the Central Station, the Maschsee lake and the city forest Eilenriede, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

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 manufacturers, notably in South Korea where some of the largest LCD panel manufacturers, such as LG, are located, now have " zero defective pixel guarantee ", which is an extra screening process which can then determine " A " and " B " grade panels.

Some of the largest molecules are macromolecules or supermolecules.

Some of the financial accounts for the Parthenon survive and show that the largest single expense was transporting the stone from Mount Pentelicus, about 16 kilometres from Athens, to the Acropolis.

Some proposals have been made about building a metro networks in some of the other largest cities in the country, such as one in Cluj-Napoca, and in Brașov.

Some of the largest Muslim countries, including Indonesia and Bangladesh have largely secular constitutions and laws, but with Islamic law provisions in family law.

Some were supported with some pieces of wood maybe about the size of a 10-foot by 24-foot room, at the largest.

Some cities exhibit a heat island effect, largest at night.

Some modifications to the floor plan were made, the largest being the repositioning of the grand staircase to open into the Entrance Hall, rather than the Cross Hall.

Some 600, 000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time.

Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional oil spill until it was surpassed by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010.

Some of Alaska's boroughs have merged geographical boundaries and administrative functions with their principal ( and sometimes only ) cities ; these are known as unified city-boroughs and result in some of Alaska's cities ranking among the geographically largest " cities " in the world.

Some of the largest timber bamboo can grow over tall, and be as large as 15 – 20 cm ( 6 – 8 inches ) in diameter.

Some notable examples are Times Beach, Missouri, whose residents were exposed to a high level of dioxins, and Wittenoom, Western Australia, which was once Australia's largest source of blue asbestos, but was shut down in 1966 due to health concerns.

Some of the largest monasteries in the world are Buddhist.

Some sources regard Reims as the effective capital of the province of Champagne, given its size as by far the largest city in the region.

Some scholars believe that Oceanus originally represented all bodies of salt water, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the two largest bodies known to the ancient Greeks.

Some of the probably largest ones are Telenor, Opera Software, Statnett, Netcom and Ementor.

Some of the largest cities in the world were found in China during this period ( Kaifeng and Hangzhou had populations of over a million ).