Why does mac duplicate files automatically

When I loaded a thumb drive with files from my hard drive, it created duplicate files.  why?

Okay thanks a lot. That makes sense. I guess I never realized with Windows because the files weren't explicitly located anywhere to be accessed.
This is because I am using an email client instead of in browser mail, yes?  Does this mean that these temporary files could be accessed in offline mode?
Thank you very much for your answers.
If it wouldn't be too much trouble though, could you go through the general folder organization differences between windows and Mac? It seems Mac gives you less direct control preferring to simplify the management system's access, but in turn making the actual location and folder hierarchy of files a mess. 

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