I don't know if this is an issue with React or IE11 but when an the input initially contains an EN-dash (8211) it fires the change event. 
JSFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/uH539/10/

var styles = null;
      var container = document.createElement('div');
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={styles} />, container);
      var stubStyle = container.firstChild.style;
      styles = {display: 'block'};
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={styles} />, container);
      expect(stubStyle.display).toEqual('block');
    });
    it('should update styles if updated to null multiple times', function() {
      var styles = null;
      var container = document.createElement('div');
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={styles} />, container);
      styles = {display: 'block'};
      var stubStyle = container.firstChild.style;
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={styles} />, container);
      expect(stubStyle.display).toEqual('block');
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={null} />, container);
      expect(stubStyle.display).toEqual('');
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={styles} />, container);
      expect(stubStyle.display).toEqual('block');
      ReactDOM.render(<div style={null} />, container);
      expect(stubStyle.display).toEqual('');
    });
    it('should skip reserved props on web components', function() {
      var container = document.createElement('div');
      ReactDOM.render(
        <my-component
          children={['foo']}
          suppressContentEditableWarning={true}
        />,