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/

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'use strict';
var emptyFunction = require('emptyFunction');
describe('ReactDOMInput', function() {
  var EventConstants;
  var React;
  var ReactDOM;
  var ReactDOMFeatureFlags;