REMOVE DUPLICATES IN iPHOTO FOR MAC!

i have about 12,000 photos in iphoto. im not upset that i have alot. im upset because i have lots of duplicates. does anyone know how i can easily remove all duplicates for free? i tried duplicate anhialator but it didnt work correctly. please help!

I'm going to use this thread to ask a slightly related question, if that's ok..
I'm  trying to get rid of duplicate IPhoto libraries (on various external hard drives). 
I opened the one I want to keep , and then looked (in Finder) at each of the other libraries and dragged any photos or folders that seemed not to be in the Iphoto library I'm keeping, INTO that library . 
I then moved into the TRASH all of those extra Iphoto libraries.   I did not yet empty the trash, because  my fear is that Iphoto doesn't actually have those photos there, and that once I empty trash, those photos will be gone.  
I'm sure i'm confusing things I've read about the risks of incorrectly deleting photos, so I just want some reassurance that what I did will work out and I won't find that the photos were deleted when I deleted the iphoto library I dragged them from.
thanks!!

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