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Today, Germany returned home to Berlin on a flugzeug, triumphantly holding the World Cup aloft in an emotionless, efficient and humourless celebration party.

No. That's not how it happened, because all of those stereotypes are completely wrong and Germans aren't boring they are absolutely mental.

The German World Cup homecoming party was anarchic, chaotic and often bordering on surreal, it made for hours worth of compulsive live stream viewing on what would have otherwise been a dull Tuesday afternoon at work.

The absolute star of the show was Thomas Muller, who looked like he'd been necking weissbier for the majority of the flight home.

Other noteworthy performances included Bastian Schweinsteiger, who draped himself in a German flag and absolutely lost his s***, and Mats Hummels, who celebrated in Berlin in very much the same way as he celebrates his goals.

Here's why Germany won the World Cup of Cool...

1) Well obviously there's this, there will always be this...

2) We've got a lot of Loew for this man

3) The goldenboy is superb at selfies

4) Not sure what or how, but we approve

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5) Julian the early 90s hipster prince

6) Obviously there's this...

7) Thomas Muller doing air guitar to Seven Nation Army was INSPIRED

8) Check out Ozil on the right, btw, definitely rigidly rehearsed

9) There's the 12th man - the brilliant 12th man

10) Thomas Muller - a wunderbar bloke

11) Friends and family represent

12) Let's not forget about the fans, so many fans

13) And let's not forget about the most-German human being in the world

14) This guy is definitely the prince of selfies

15) Oh you thought about supporting Argentina? Denied

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16) There's THIS

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17) And Muller's face... Muller's face, MULLER'S FACE

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We're going to give you more than 17 Gifs, Vines and Tweets... You're welcome.

18) They know how to woo the boss

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19) Most importantly, Daniel Day Lewis from 'There Will Be Blood' is their manager

PS Could Sami Khedira bring his Cool to Arsenal? Here (in more Gifs and pics) are reasons the Emirates could be ubercool next season