This is a duplication glitch found way back in Minecraft 1.4. I thought it might be funny to see if it still works, and it does.
The explaination can be found on my Imgur: http://imgur.com/a/YAgr5
The glitch has been done with an OptiFine installation, but is also doable without.
EDIT: Because there is some confusion, I've recorded myself performing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee116NWSCu4 (Didn't havce much time to edit it, sorry)
Have a great day! -MegaXLR
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Duplicate of MC-697.
Can you please add the way how to reproduce this here as well. And by the way I don't really understand your explanation. For example
won't work before