how to bypass internal DNS?

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Published on 2011-03-12T23:25:55Z Indexed on 2011/03/13 0:12 UTC
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This is about Ubuntu but should be pretty much the same on all Linux flavors. Let's say I add an entry to my /etc/hosts such as

127.0.1.12   facebook.com

and an Apache virtual host such as

<VirtualHost 127.0.1.12>
   ServerName facebook.com
   DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

when i open my browser and send a GET request to facebook.com, firefox will browse my /var/www folder.

Question: How could I fetch (ie, using wget in bash) the real facebook.com domain - without erasing the entry in /etc/hosts nor my Apache VirtualHost -- IOW how could I bypass internal DNS?

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