It appears to be common practice to not use the first address in a subnet, that is the IP 192.168.0.0/24, or a more exotic example would be 172.20.20.64/29.

The ipcalc tool I frequently use follows the same practice:

$ ipcalc -n -b 172.20.20.64/29
Address:   172.20.20.64         
Netmask:   255.255.255.248 = 29 
Wildcard:  0.0.0.7              
=>
Network:   172.20.20.64/29      
HostMin:   172.20.20.65         
HostMax:   172.20.20.70         
Broadcast: 172.20.20.71         
Hosts/Net: 6                     Class B, Private Internet

But why is that HostMin is not simply 64 in this case? The 64 address is a valid address, right? And whatever the answer, does the same apply to IPv6?

Perhaps slightly related: it also appears possible to use a TCP port 0 and an UDP port 0. Are these valid or used anywhere?