If you are standing in a certain Postition on an existing Stair you can place other Stairs (normal Blocks won't work) inside you, if you click at the north-west corner (where x and z coordinates are the smaller) like you can see in the Screenshots.
If you want to see an ecxact proof you can watch the Video in bad quality down below.
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Dupe of MC-2208