How did I get duplicates of nearly every photo in my iPhoto library? How do I get rid of them?

I have about 2500 photos in my library. At least 1000 of them are duplicates. I don't understand how they got there. I'd like to delete them, and I'd like to keep this from happening in the future. They are randomly scattered throughout my library, usually in blocks of 2-20 photos. I tried an app that is supposed to delete dups, but it only found about 20. I think the file names are somehow different. The only way I have found to identify and delete them is to (laboriously) try to remember a group and then scroll down until I find dups of the ones I remember. This could take years and is very difficult with so many photos in the library.

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------------------------------- UPDATE --------------------
The problem, small square boxes showing on lines in Freetext Tool comments, is not limited to blank lines, as I originally reported here. These boxes are showing up at the end of every line. It does not matter if the line break is hard or soft, whether the line is empty or not.
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-------- Original Post ------------
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