An American boy born at 21 weeks and a day weighing under a pound has been certified as the world's most premature baby to survive.
Curtis Means was delivered in Birmingham, Alabama, last year weighing just 14.8 ounces.
Guinness World Records confirmed that Curtis, who is now thriving at 16 months old, set the new record.
A full-term pregnancy is usually 40 weeks, making Curtis nearly 19 weeks premature.
He was taken off a ventilator after three months and discharged this April following 275 days in hospital.
Therapists had to help him learn how to breathe and use his mouth to eat.
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