Summernote strange characters when copying / pasting

I have a document / text that i have in Notepad.

I copy and paste the text into summernote

as you can see, the text shows up fine before saving and previewing.
However, as soon as i save and then click preview, this occurs.

i am not sure what is going on . My database table is setup with MySql - utf8_general_ci

any ideas on why this occurs? I also have used TinyMCE and don’t have this problem with the same text im using here.

thoughts?

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