"Ayy, let's make some real fake IP addresses you can use in documentation, so people will know they're fake"
"Oh, so like 0.0.0.1 or such?"
"nah mate, 198.51.100.0...fuck it, let's make it 256 addresses."
"Isn't that a bit much?"
"Yeah, you're right. Let's make it 768 addresses"
"...I don't---"
"And 16 million addresses refer to localhost now"