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/

'menuitem': true,
}, omittedCloseTags);
var VALID_TAG_REGEX = /^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z:_\.\-\d]*$/; 
var validatedTagCache = {};
var hasOwnProperty = {}.hasOwnProperty;
function validateDangerousTag(tag) {
  if (!hasOwnProperty.call(validatedTagCache, tag)) {
    invariant(VALID_TAG_REGEX.test(tag), 'Invalid tag: %s', tag);
    validatedTagCache[tag] = true;
  }
}
function isCustomComponent(tagName, props) {
  return tagName.indexOf('-') >= 0 || props.is != null;
}
var globalIdCounter = 1;
/**
 * Creates a new React class that is idempotent and capable of containing other
 * React components. It accepts event listeners and DOM properties that are
 * valid according to `DOMProperty`.
 *
 *  - Event listeners: `onClick`, `onMouseDown`, etc.
 *  - DOM properties: `className`, `name`, `title`, etc.
 *
 * The `style` property functions differently from the DOM API. It accepts an
 * object mapping of style properties to values.
 *
 * @constructor ReactDOMComponent
 * @extends ReactMultiChild
 */
function ReactDOMComponent(element) {