I experienced the same problem on my system:

OS: Xubuntu/Linux 12.04
$ uname -a
Linux ives 3.2.0-94-generic #134-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 6 18:17:08 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3

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In response to your last request, here's what I get:

$ ./python 
Python 3.5.0 (default, Nov 19 2015, 17:12:32) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import socket
>>> socket.create_connection(("sadflkjsasf.i.nvali.d.", 80))
<socket.socket fd=3, family=AddressFamily.AF_INET, type=SocketKind.SOCK_STREAM, proto=6, laddr=('192.168.1.8', 54128), raddr=('92.242.140.21', 80)>
>>> 

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And:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search domain.actdsltmp

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My ISP is Verizon.

Hope this is help