This is from a book by Jon Stewart and his Daily Show writers called America (The Book): A Citizens’ Guide to Democracy Inaction. One of the funniest I’ve ever read.
This reply is sponsored by NordVPN
Same as browser needs to know IP of the server with website, the server with website knows IP of the browser (device) who asked for the website (to send it back).
This is why you should ask #TOR# or VPN to acess websites; it is just like asking a friend to acess the website for you and send you the content.