Is a unity ring with characteristic $2$ always commutative?

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Is a unity ring with characteristic $2$ always commutative?
I believe it is not, but I cannot find a counterexample.

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No. An obvious counterexample is:

Take $F_2\langle x,y\rangle$, the free algebra on two noncommuting indeterminates over the field of two elements.

Another one would be $M_2(F_2)$, a square matrix ring over the same field.