The Facebook Data Team has analyzed all hundreds of millions of status updates in the U.S. ─rest assured, they processed all data anonymously─ to discover the top trending words and phrases for 2009. Here’s the top 15 from the Facebook Memology report.

The New Oxford American Dictionary has announced its Word of the Year 2009. Of course, most of our readers have been using this word for years…

“I have friends who are white,” says 19-year-old Diego Luna. “They are my white people friends and they are mostly on Facebook. That’s why I use Facebook. My brown people are on MySpace.”

If the mere thought of being a Facebook employee already tickles your senses, wait until you see their working environment. Facebook’s new headquarters in Palo Alto, California, are located in a 150,000 square foot former lab facility, and the interiors were designed by Studio O+A to reflect the company’s core values…

Two girls lost in a stormwater drain in Adelaide, Australia, raised alert over Facebook rather than dialing 000 (the emergency telephone number in their country).

Jungle drums, smoke signals, morse code… You got to admit, human communication methods of the past were amazingly cool. Not always as efficient and accessible as the ones we’re using today, but still, I’d prefer the talking drums over a Tweet anytime.