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Try the following:

$ nslookup github.com
[...]
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   github.com
Address: 140.82.121.3

See also the completely ignored post in their forums.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They are allocated in levels though, so you can't just get an individual unused address if the top level has been allocated to IBM or Cisco or the DoD. It's not democratic.