The human brain generates approximately twenty watts of electrical power while awake, enough to illuminate a small LED light bulb.
Why it is true
The brain's electrical activity results from nerve impulses traveling between neurons. Although each impulse is tiny, the sum of billions of neurons firing simultaneously produces enough energy to power a low-voltage electrical device.
Source: Scientific American
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