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/

];
      break;
    case 'form':
      inst._wrapperState.listeners = [
        ReactBrowserEventEmitter.trapBubbledEvent(
          EventConstants.topLevelTypes.topReset,
          'reset',
          node
        ),
        ReactBrowserEventEmitter.trapBubbledEvent(
          EventConstants.topLevelTypes.topSubmit,
          'submit',
          node
        ),
      ];
      break;
    case 'input':
    case 'select':
    case 'textarea':
      inst._wrapperState.listeners = [
        ReactBrowserEventEmitter.trapBubbledEvent(
          EventConstants.topLevelTypes.topInvalid,
          'invalid',
          node
        ),
      ];
      break;
  }
}
function postUpdateSelectWrapper() {