How do i get rid of duplicate photos in iphoto

i have seen many different posts related to this topic but most contradict themselves.  i am seeing many suggestions to use duplicate anihaltor and then posts that says the actual support people of the product say it doesn't work.  any ideas?  and ideas about how to make it stop happening once i get rid of the duplicates?  I am also trying to figure out how to get iphoto not to pick up every piece of clipart or phone icon etc that crosses its path.  my iphoto is a HUGE mess and i am trying to clean it up...48K pictures...

Do you have a back up of the iPhoto library from before the crash?
LN

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